XML installation problem

[bikerider]

Hi,
I can't install modules using XML due to server restrictions "open_basedir restriction in effect"

Is there any way I can convert XML for module installation back into the old format of files like what was in a zip or tar.gz

[tsw]

you could install a local cmsms and install the xml module there and just tar the module folder.

[bikerider]

Ended up setting up a local CMSMS on a Win 98se box.  Apache, PHP, MySql.

Install modules there and then transfer.  Complicated but not impossible.

I spoke to my web hosting company as well and they got round the base_dir restrictions but I still have major problems with file permissions.

So much easier to ftp modules etc.