File Upload Fails Due To File System Permissions

Safe mode must be disabled for CKFinder to work. Unfortunately many system administrators turn it on just becase it has "safe" in it's name.
It is not a reliable way of securing a web server, it just brings troubles.
In safe mode apache is unable to save files to a folder created by... apache. So there is no real workaround for this apart from disabling safe mode.
You could try creating all folders manually (userfiles/files, _thumbs/files and so on) changing ownership to the right user and setting permissions to 777, then it could work, however you still won't be able to save files into newly created folders.
(Due to such problems safe mode will be dropped in PHP6)

wiktor wrote:Safe mode must be disabled for CKFinder to work. Unfortunately many system administrators turn it on just becase it has "safe" in it's name.
It is not a reliable way of securing a web server, it just brings troubles.
In safe mode apache is unable to save files to a folder created by... apache. So there is no real workaround for this apart from disabling safe mode.
You could try creating all folders manually (userfiles/files, _thumbs/files and so on) changing ownership to the right user and setting permissions to 777, then it could work, however you still won't be able to save files into newly created folders.
(Due to such problems safe mode will be dropped in PHP6)

Being on a shared hosting server, it seems that my hosting provider are unable to disable safe mode on my domain. Looking into it, would disabling Safemode via .htaccess be a workable solution? If so, which folder(s) would I need to display safemode in? - the folder which contains the script which creates/edit/deletes the directories?

Cheers in advance!

Yes, if you can change the safe_mode value in the .htaccess file, CKFinder will work fine (see docs for the information how to change php settings via .htaccess file).
Note that it can be done only on some servers, where server configuration allows it (sometimes it is possible to change the php configuration by uploading your own php.ini file).
Use

<?php
phpinfo();
 

wiktor wrote:Yes, if you can change the safe_mode value in the .htaccess file, CKFinder will work fine (see docs for the information how to change php settings via .htaccess file).
Note that it can be done only on some servers, where server configuration allows it (sometimes it is possible to change the php configuration by uploading your own php.ini file).
Use

<?php
phpinfo();
 

command to check whethere safe mode was successfully disabled (create new file named test.php and open it in your browser).
Safe mode must be disabled at least in the ckfinder\core\connector\php directory.

PS. Please do not post the same question twice.

hi
i do what you say and i create my own files, but i have the same error

i create a file in the root and but the permissions 777 and change the $baseurl to it in the config.php and constants.php files

what is the right thing to do to solve the problem

Thanks for your time