temporary folder for automated installer

[rickcohen]

I am attempting to reinstall my CiviCRM system using the automated installer. I've got just about everything set, but I am getting an error saying the "temporary folder isn't writeable." (it's the last line under file permissions on the install page) My Drupal temp folder "tmp" is writeable. Is it looking for another folder? I can just create it and make it writeable if I know the path it is looking for.

[Kurund Jalmi]

i think its trying to search files folder in drupal. Is it writable ..

kurund

[rickcohen]

The files folder is writeable (and is indicated as such a couple lines above in the status check). I'm including a screenshot that should help show what I'm talking




about.(http://www.nonprofitcongress.org/files/images/civi.png).

[Donald Lobo]

From the installer code (which we 'borrowed' from SilverStripe CMS):

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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!"));
        }

I'm pretty sure that the quickform and php upload uses the above for temp storage of upload files. You will have to check with your host and/or the php manual on how to get around this / fix this

lobo

[Piotr Szotkowski]

Would adding the directory paths to the error messages (i.e., which directory, server-wise, needs its permissions fixed) help mitigate problems with permissions?

[rickcohen]

Definitely. For the time being, does this mean I need to create a directory called "adfadsfdas" somewhere with write permissions? If so, where do I create it?

[Donald Lobo]

The code above checks if we can create a directory in the temp directory specified in php.ini

Check: http://au3.php.net/manual/en/function.tempnam.php

for more details. If we cannot, it means we cannot create temp files which might be an issue. hence the warning. You will need to check with your hosting provider how to get this working in your php install

lobo

[rickcohen]

ok, I think we've tracked down the issue. My host has just informed me that they have disabled write access to the server's /tmp folder for security reasons, so that's probably causing some problems. Is there any way that I can tell Civi to use the same /tmp folder that I use for my Drupal installation? If I can "redirect" where Civi tries to write the temp files, I think my problems will be solved.

[Donald Lobo]

CiviCRM does not use that function (tempnam) directly, but a few PEAR packages that we use, call that function. Hence we cannot make the below change. You can do a grep and find the files in the packages directory and fix your install if needed

You can also try removing that check from the installer and see what part of CiviCRM fails. I'm not 100% sure that this part is used , so verifying it would be good

lobo

[Piotr Szotkowski]

You can also ask your host how to adjust PHP settings for your install so that it uses a writable directory (e.g., somewhere in your home dir) instead of /tmp.