From 4f2dab357c78932ff43cf229b12c99cfb16590fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 8ctopus <hawk@octopuslabs.io>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:56:08 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] the directory the SQLite database is in must be writeable

---
 functions.inc.php | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/functions.inc.php b/functions.inc.php
index c1c1cfd4..5350f823 100644
--- a/functions.inc.php
+++ b/functions.inc.php
@@ -1496,6 +1496,11 @@ function db_connect_with_errors() {
             return array($link, $error_text);
         }
 
+        if (!is_writeable(dirname($db))) {
+            $error_text = 'The directory the SQLite database is in is not writeable: '. dirname($db);
+            return array($link, $error_text);
+        }
+
         $dsn = "sqlite:{$db}";
         $username_password = false;
     } elseif (db_pgsql()) {