set writing rights on the root directory in order to use ipdiscover-util.pl (/ipd)

Question

I tries this but still the message is on the page Non-identified peripherals list.

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/ocsinventory-reports
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/ocsinventory-reports/ipd

Service apache2 restart

This is the message:

You need to set writing rights on the root directory in order to use ipdiscover-util.pl (/ipd)

Answer 1

Hey fgenao,

This is a forms bug in the page I think. I was able to solve by selecting Custom on all paths and piping it to the exact path listed for the default option just above. Once I did this it fixed all read/write permissions. I suspect there may be something like an extra '/' or the like in the coded default paths on the Interface page. Make sure to account for the fact that the last directory listed is already generated. I had to do this for all but the Conf / Conf OLD paths.

For example, You should have the following: