Last modified: 2010-05-15 15:48:23 UTC
I've uploaded all the files and got to the second page of installation and I get the following errors. Warning: main(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(\\192.168.1.16\webfiles\files\2007-2\1295267/install-utils.inc) is not within the allowed path(s): (.) in \\192.168.1.16\webfiles\files\2007-2\1295267\config\index.php on line 43 Warning: main(install-utils.inc): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in \\192.168.1.16\webfiles\files\2007-2\1295267\config\index.php on line 43 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'install-utils.inc' (include_path='.;\\192.168.1.16\webfiles\files\2007-2\1295267;\\192.168.1.16\webfiles\files\2007-2\1295267/includes;\\192.168.1.16\webfiles\files\2007-2\1295267/languages') in \\192.168.1.16\webfiles\files\2007-2\1295267\config\index.php on line 43 I've checked and install-utils.inc has been uploaded.
This is a problem with the configuration of php and/or the web server. contact your hosting people.
Instead is it just possible that I get a new server?
You need to have a PHP configuration set up with open_basedir off. Most hosts presumably run such a configuration, so it may be that switching will get you a host that doesn't have the restriction. You could ask before you buy. But in any case, this isn't something we can do anything about.
Generally open_basedir will work, but this seems to be a particularly broken configuration. 1) The web root seems to be using an UNC path, which seems very likely to break things with PHP and/or the web server and/or other software. 2) The open_basedir path appears to be "." (current directory) which: a) will inherently not work with the installer b) seems very likely to break the rest of the wiki c) seems extremely fragile when mixed with UNC paths If you operate the server yourself, I would recommend disabling open_basedir and going from there; if you don't operate the server, contact your hosting provider and see if they can set open_basedir to an actual directory value (or remove it)
