Hey Gary,

I am actually running a web host company and had the same problem installing SS in our safe mode enabled web hotel.

I actually changed a couple of things to make it work:

1) Create a /tmp directory in your FTP root and chmod 777 /tmp

2) Change line 108 in: /web/install.php to something like:
if(!is_writeable("/full/path/to/your/root/tmp"))

(/web is root of the website and where my SS files is)

3) Change line 3 in: web/sapphire/core/Core.php to something like:
define('TEMP_FOLDER', "/full/path/to/your/root/tmp");

4) Change line 50 in: /web/sapphire/core/ManifestBuilder.php to
if( is_dir($fullPath."/") && file_exists($fullPath . '/_exclude.php') )

Please note the step 4 isn't really a safe_mode issue, it's a open_basedir issue, but if your web host has safe_mode enabled, chances are that they also have open_basedir set

Hope it helps

Cheers bitmand for helping out with that

Hello,

The issue was related to safe mode at my webhost. They have made a change and I can now install and run SilverStripe 'out-of-the-box'. I had some other issues with writing to the tmp folder in another location running the latest build after making the change above.

Thanks for the assistance though. As the community grows, we can assist each other more and more.

Kind regards,

Gary

I guess I'm retarded. I really don't understand the issue.....is the problem that safe mode is or is not enabled? Is the problem that open_basedir is or is not set?

On my server, safe mode is not enabled and open_basedir is set to "no value" (not set, I'm assuming) and I'm getting the same error:

I am now running through the installation steps (this should take about 30 seconds)

If you receive a fatal error, refresh this page to continue the installation
# Creating 'mysite/_config.php'...
# Creating '.htaccess' file...
# Building database schema...

Warning: fopen(/tmp/silverstripe-cache/manifest_home_vvillage_public_html_sapphire_main.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/vvillage/public_html/sapphire/core/ManifestBuilder.php on line 133
Cannot write manifest file! Check permissions of /tmp/silverstripe-cache/manifest_home_vvillage_public_html_sapphire_main.php

What do I need to do in order to resolve this? Is this a problem with a setting for safe mode or open_basedir.......it is a setting in php.ini that needs to be fixed, do I need to create a directory and privs, or do I actually need to edit the installer files to fix this (if so, WHY?) The clueless community thanks you in advance