Webinstall - problem with installation

[Gebruiker]

I tried to use webinstall.php to install SMF because it sounds really good, BUT, the program won't work. I typed in my URL (http://www.domain.com/webinstall.php [nofollow]) to access to webinstall.php file and after I click on continu I get the following message on my screen: "Security error." I can not install SMF successfully now.

[kat]

Hi, Gebruiker and welcome to SMF!

Can you ask your host if they have admin security enabled?

If so, you'll need to ask them to disable it. Temporarily, at least.

[Gebruiker]

I am chatting with them now, but they don't seem to understand the problem...

[Gebruiker]

Hostgator said:
"The 'admin security enabled' is not a setting we have for PHP on our system it most likely is something with the script"

[Gebruiker]

Hostgator modified the webinstall file and I came through the first step:

(6:09:09 PM) Thomas Co: Looking at the script now
(6:09:12 PM) Me: (leave blank if you don't have a membership.)
(6:09:20 PM) Thomas Co: did leave blank
(6:09:25 PM) Me: Fine.
(6:10:02 PM) Me: And this is the topic: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=407438.msg2837431
(6:12:46 PM) Thomas Co: The 'admin security enabled' is not a setting we have for PHP on our system it most likely is something with the script
(6:13:31 PM) Thomas Co: I suggest you check back with the SMF Support Team and check with them on how to disable it
(6:13:39 PM) Thomas Co: in the script
(6:14:24 PM) Thomas Co: we are looking at it now but this is really the SMF teams issue
(6:15:39 PM) Me: Okay, I posted your comment on the forum and I hope they will respond to it quickly.
(6:16:00 PM) Thomas Co: We just modified the script and it is fixed
(6:16:12 PM) Thomas Co: give it a try now
(6:17:32 PM) Thomas Co: (my name here) hows it going?
(6:18:09 PM) Thomas Co: Hello
(6:18:28 PM) Me: Okay, I will
(6:19:02 PM) Me: Yes, it worked. Perfect! How did you guys do that?
(6:19:39 PM) Me: Maybe I can post it on the SMF forum and they can make it a FAQ
(6:20:14 PM) Thomas Co: OK hold on
(6:20:32 PM) Me: Thanks
(6:22:21 PM) Thomas Co: line 553 and 554 were commented out
(6:22:58 PM) Thomas Co: Is there anything else I can help you with today?
(6:23:29 PM) Thomas Co: (my name here)?
(6:24:09 PM) Me: Okay, I will place that on the forum. Thank you very much!!


But now I am getting the following error message:

Warning: unpack() [function.unpack]: Type H: not enough input, need 1, have 0 in /home/*******/public_html/mydomainname.com/webinstall.php on line 1145

The installer was unable to download the archive (smf_2-0-rc4_install.tar.gz) from the server. Please try using the regular installer package instead.

Click here to try this step again.


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Okay, i don't feel like I want to do this the whole day today. So I will look for another solution.

[edchapman]

I'm getting the same "Security error."

[JimM]

Webinstall does not work with every server configuration.  IMHO it is much simpler to install things manually.  Take a look at the link in my signature and in about 10 minutes you will have it installed.

[Gebruiker]

But why do you have this "webinstall" option available then? It sounds attractive to me.

[kat]

Webinstall does not work with every server configuration.

It works with most.

You just got lucky.

[JimM]

Most of the reported problems are with shared servers because there are so many ways those can be set-up.  It's worth trying if you like, and like the info page says, if it don't work, just download one of the packages and install it manually.