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Part I: The Basics
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The project servers consider the folder htdocs in a different “space” and hence you don’t get to write to this folder, or it’s subfolders. However, in the project directory (/home/groups/P/PR/PROJECTNAME) you have a folder called persistent. This folder consists of writable space, that you can use to install Drupal.
Part II: UNIX & Symbolic Links
The ln command in Unix is used to create a symbolic link, which is very close to what we call “shortcuts” in Windows. So the approach to be followed here is to mirror all writable folders in the htdocs folder into the persistent folder mentioned above. You don’t need to copy/recreate all folders, just the writable ones would do.