error: "Can't write custom fields definition file"

[TaDave]

really like what we are seeing, but there is one problem. We are trying to ad a custom field but always get "Can't write custom fields definition file"... anyone can help?

[blex2005]

Make sure your web server has permission to write the files in the custom directory.

Scott Weiner
sweiner@blueriverassociates.com

[wby]

Make sure your web server has permission to write the files in the custom directory.

I'm having the same problem.

$ pwd
/usr/local/www/data/sugarcrm/custom
$ find . ! -user www
$

Also, does creating a custom field for a record type that already exists display that record? For instance, I'd like to display "Created" in the Notes index, as well as in the detail view for each note.

The actual log error is:
fopen(cache/custom_fields/custom_fields_def.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/www/data-dist/sugarcrm/modules/CustomFields/CustomFields.php on line 311

This file is owned by the user Apache is running as (www); changing other stuff, such as which tabs are displayed by default (as admin) seems to work.

Changes do seem to get written to:
custom/modules/Notes/language/en_us.lang.php