According to the install instructions, it says to upload the extracted coppermine directory to your server. Ex. http://yourdomain.com/coppermine
I uploaded the folder to my subdomain, http://gallery.mydomain.com/coppermine. I then installed coppermine. The only way I can access the gallery is if I goto gallery.mydomain.com/coppermine.
I want to access the gallery by just going to gallery.mydomain.com. Do I have to put all of the files in the root directory? If so, does this have any security risk? Last, do I have to reinstall, or can I change the paths somehow?
Just move all the files up a level if that's where you want them. No security risk associated with that. Remember to change the site url in config once you make the change.