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M Tonissen	Wednesday 09 August 2006 4:22:57 am The installation notes state that allow_url_fopen = on. My host forbid this setting based on security reasons. Can Exponential run with "allow_url_fopen" disabled?? What problems could be expected??
Kristof Coomans	Wednesday 09 August 2006 4:46:26 am The setup wizard downloads Exponential site packages from the internet, which doesn't work with that setting off. But you can still manually download them (see http://ez.no/community/forum/install_configuration/how_do_i_retrieve_all_packages_for_my_3_8_install ). independent eZ Publish developer and service provider \| http://blog.coomanskristof.be \| http://ezpedia.org

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M Tonissen

Wednesday 09 August 2006 4:22:57 am

The installation notes state that allow_url_fopen = on. My host forbid this setting based on security reasons. Can Exponential run with "allow_url_fopen" disabled?? What problems could be expected??

Kristof Coomans

Wednesday 09 August 2006 4:46:26 am

The setup wizard downloads Exponential site packages from the internet, which doesn't work with that setting off. But you can still manually download them (see http://ez.no/community/forum/install_configuration/how_do_i_retrieve_all_packages_for_my_3_8_install ).

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