First off, I am really happy to have found a BSD licensed CMS! Nice work!
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re: The temporary folder isn't writeable!

I have been searching, and I cannot find the temporary folder to change the permissions. Where is the temporary folder?

Also. In terms of permissions, what is the usual chmod setting for the silverstripe-v2.0 folder? + For the temporary folder (once I find it).

I tried 754, 755, 764 and 765. I only got past the permissions when I set the silverstripe-v2.0 folder to chmod 777. I do not like opening the folder up so wide. What is the normal practice?

To solve the temporary folder not writealbe issue I got into the install.php file to find the temporary folder.

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if(!is_writeable(dirname(tempnam('adfadsfdas','')))) {

$this->error(array("File permissions", "Is the temporary folder writeable?", "The temporary folder isn't writeable!"));

}

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I created the folder adfadsfdas in the silverstripe-v2.0 folder and set the permissions to global read write and execute.

mkdir adfadsfdas
chown username adfadsfdas
chmod 777 adfadsfdas

This got me passed this configuration setting.

Thanks for the update :-)

We'll update the installer so that the error message provides more instruction - including telling you which folder is the temp folder! :-)

I have the same problem. I already make a folder "adfadsfdas" in the base folder and set the permissions to 777 but the installer still telling the same: The temporary folder isn't writeable!

I hope you can help me ! My website:

http://www.lomasinteresante.net

The temp folder is normally /tmp/ ....

Hi,

I had this problem, too. In the end I discovered it was due to open_basedir restrictions in httpd.conf preventing access to /tmp/

I hope this helps someone else...

P