Title: phpBB version check – 3.0.12 Fail
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# phpBB version check – 3.0.12 Fail

 *  Resolved [guix69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guix69/)
 * (@guix69)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phpbb-version-check-3012-fail/)
 * Hello, when I activate the requirement plugin I get the following error :
    BridgeDD
   basic requirements: PASS
 * phpBB Installation Check
    BridgeDD is not compatible with phpBB installations
   listed as FAIL /Forum (3.0) FAIL (modify)
 * Any idea ?
    G.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phpbb-version-check-3012-fail/#post-6539228)
 * That particular message means one of two things:
 * 1) Your VPS or dedicated server is set up to run PHP as the “nobody” or “apache”
   user. This can be solved by giving all phpBB files 0666 or 0777 permissions (
   not recommended), or by recompiling Apache and PHP so PHP runs as a system-created
   user (the user in /home/(user)/).
 * 2) You uploaded the phpBB files as the root user. This can be solved by using
   the CHOWN command to change ownership of the phpBB files to the above user (the
   user in /home/(user)/).
 * Once you correct the issue, the requirements plugin will report PASS for your
   phpBB installation.
 *  Thread Starter [guix69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guix69/)
 * (@guix69)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phpbb-version-check-3012-fail/#post-6539237)
 * Hello,
    Apache runs as www-data, php’s master process (for php-fpm) runs as root.
   I’d rather not recompile apache and php since I’m using official debian packages
   and it’s easier to maintain the system up to date with these packages.
 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phpbb-version-check-3012-fail/#post-6539250)
 * If you’re running php-fpm, you can change the user and group for PHP in the PHP-
   FPM configuration file (usually named php-fpm.conf). The best way to do this 
   is to create an FPM pool and set the user/group in the pool configuration.
 * Once you get PHP running as the account user, your system will most likely pass
   the BridgeDD requirements check. You will also be able to stop messing around
   with 0777 file permissions in WordPress/phpBB, and no longer require bizarre 
   methods to auto-update WordPress/phpBB.
 * I’m happy to continue this discussion on either of my support boards:
 * [http://forum.dion-designs.com/index.php](http://forum.dion-designs.com/index.php)
   
   [http://diondesigns.org/bridgedd/support/index.php](http://diondesigns.org/bridgedd/support/index.php)
 * You can also use “FPM pool configuration” as a search term in most search engines
   to obtain information.

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