<p>In case it helps someone, my issue was the permissions for the root index.php file...It was 666 (writeable by group) and when I switched that file permissions to 644, the installation was able to move forward.</p>

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2017-11-28T22:30:53.640Z
2017-11-28T22:30:53.640Z
glenn
<p>I've done a few installs of Craft and never had a problem. I'm currently trying to do an install on a new server under a subdmomain and getting the following results…</p>

<p>This results in 404
<a href="http://staging.example.com/admin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://staging.example.com/admin</a></p>

<p>Using /index.php/admin or /index.php?p=admin results in Internal Server Error 500.</p>

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2017-05-22T21:50:43.113Z
Nevermind. It was a permissions problem.
Howard Theriot
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Internal Server error during install
# Internal Server error during install

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-22)

I've done a few installs of Craft and never had a problem. I'm currently trying to do an install on a new server under a subdmomain and getting the following results…

This results in 404
<http://staging.example.com/admin>

Using /index.php/admin or /index.php?p=admin results in Internal Server Error 500.

**Tags:** error, server, installation

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Nevermind. It was a permissions problem.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-28. Score: 2

In case it helps someone, my issue was the permissions for the root index.php file...It was 666 (writeable by group) and when I switched that file permissions to 644, the installation was able to move forward.


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