Step 2 - Errors like whoa

[valueneutral]

I've been having problems trying get YaBBSE installed on my server.  After entering the yabbse directory and starting the installation, I get hit with a barrage of errors:

Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/.browser/palesky/valueneutral.com/yabbse/install.php on line 98

Warning: fopen("/home/palesky/valueneutral.com/yabbse/Packages/index.php", "wb") - Operation not permitted in /home/.browser/palesky/valueneutral.com/yabbse/install.php on line 98

Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /home/.browser/palesky/valueneutral.com/yabbse/install.php on line 99

Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /home/.browser/palesky/valueneutral.com/yabbse/install.php on line 100

Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/.browser/palesky/valueneutral.com/yabbse/install.php on line 101

... and on and on for countless pages.

I'm completely clueless as to why this might be happening - I managed to successfully install YaBBSE on my home computer without running into a single problem.

Everything is uploaded properly with the yabbse directory chmodded to 777.  The server is running PHP version 4.1.2 and MySQL version 3.22.30.  The installer file can be found at http://www.valueneutral.com/yabbse/install.php

Any suggestions?

[Jeff Lewis]

Post a phpinfo file for us...curious about file restrictions and openbasedir...

[valueneutral]

Sure thing - http://www.valueneutral.com/phpinfo.php

Thannks!

[Nemesis]

try makeing a new directory called forums or community and chmod it to 777 then run install php from where it is at allready which is http://www.valueneutral.com/yabbse/install.php

press Click here to continue.

in the next box use. /home/palesky/valueneutral.com/community (or forums whatever you chosed)
and click overwrite new files and press next to see what happens.

[Nemesis]

Ouch I see you host has magic quotes turned on.

[Shoeb Omar]

what r magic quotes?

[Nemesis]

Sets the magic_quotes state for GPC (Get/Post/Cookie) operations. When magic_quotes are on, all ' (single-quote), " (double quote), \ (backslash) and NUL's are escaped with a backslash automatically. If magic_quotes_sybase is also on, a single-quote is escaped with a single-quote instead of a backslash.

See magic quote can be a pain in the ass..... but has it purposes too.

[Shoeb Omar]

damn that sucks

[valueneutral]

I have tried installing the boards into a directory different from the one where the installer file sits, and I ran into the same problems.

As far as magic quotes goes, how would that have an effect the installation?

[Nemesis]

Nothing about installing, it just causes problems here and there with the board.

[Jeff Lewis]

Heh you WANT magic_quotes_gpc set to ON.

[valueneutral]

In the meantime, does anyone have any suggestions for a way for me to get my board up and running?

[valueneutral]

Looks like it's Ikonboard for me then... blargh.

[Jeff Lewis]

I managed to get through just fine...

Use this as your install path:

/home/.browser/palesky/valueneutral.com/yabbse

[Jeff Lewis]

If you look in that directory now, you will notice it has all been unpacked.  I got to your database settings and then of course don't know them.

But run the installer and use the proper path (it's something to do with your host why it's weird like that) and it works just fine.