Installing on Nearlyfreespeech.net hosting

[jus10mar10]

Hello,

I am having problems geting GetSimple installed on my NearlyFreeSpeech hosting.

NearlyFreeSpeech implements PHP safe_mode which requires specific permissions for using php files to write files and folders. I have ironed out most of the errors it has given me, but I the installation script is still telling me to change the permissions of the data/ and backups/ folders. They are set to the correct group with the correct permissions.

Can anyone with nearlyfreespeech.net hosting provide any direction. Thank you.

Justin Martin

[Connie]

Justin,

GetSimple does not demand too much permissions and the permissions are well defined, also documentated in the WIKI

Why don't you contact the hoster's support and

installation requirements: http://get-simple.info/wiki/installation:requirements
necessary modules: http://get-simple.info/wiki/installation:modules
and the file permissions are listed during the install process

I think your hoster's support knows the best if and how to install GS there.

At their website, they write:
"Examples of some of the most popular web apps that work with dynamic sites include Wordpress, Moveable Type, Drupal, Joomla, phpBB, SMF, Coppermine, MediaWiki, Trac, and hundreds more."

So I don't see any reasons why GS should not work there, ask them. At https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/support they describe what kind of support they offer.

But please forgive me, I must say I never met such a strange hosting plan as theirs ;=)

[marrco]

i've installed with success with NFSN (great choice, btw), all you need is to ssh to your account and chown web:web /your/gs/root -R
i think you don't need to chown -r the root, but just some files, and then you can even restrict the permissions more. But if i revcall correct chowning -r the root solves everything (and open a few security glitches, additionally i don't like php being able to write and modify .php files, but this is a different issue. I wish i could chown everything to root and have gs still work /rant)