installing to an IP address - error message that templates_c not writable

[itsonlyme]

I'm setting up a new website for somebody and am working with the IP address on the new hosting account, since the domain name hasn't and can't transfer yet.

I've checked the permissions on tmp, templates_c, and all other things needing 777 permissions and they all are what they should be. But when I try to run install, I get the error that tmp/templates_c is not writable.

I've set up CMSMS several times, and I've never had this happen. But I've never tried to install in under an IP address rather than a domain name. Is this the problem? If not, does anybody have any other ideas? The CPX control panel and my ftp client all agree that the permissions are set right.

Tearing my hair out here ...

[Pierre M.]

Hello,

Please check http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... quirements and report about the matching. A folder isn't writeable on a computer on the Internet ? Hey, a file, a computer, how to telediagnose this ?
I would suggest to focus on the "Working PHP sessions" requirement.

Pierre M.

[itsonlyme]

I thank you for the reply, but I don't think I asked about "a file, a directory." The question wasn't even asking anybody to telediagnose. The question was, has anybody had any problems installing to an IP address instead of domain. My thinking was that if anybody had, then they'd chime in with that. If nobody did, then I could pretty safely assume that this wasn't the problem. I couldn't see how it could be the problem, but I couldn't see anything else either.

You're on the right track about the PHP sessions. What I found as I continued to chase this is that there's something wrong with how PHP is installed. The ISP is the one who installed php on this virtual dedicated, so I can't even kick myself for stupidity on that.  Just have to work my way out of it.