unable to install wordpress 4.7 from scratch

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coffeet2

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Hello,

I'm trying to install wordpress on coffeetalking.net as an addon domain, but everytime I run the install, it gets the database credentials right, and the user with full rights. But in the install process I've got this errors:

[12-Dec-2016 22:45:46 UTC] WordPress database error Can't create/write to file '/dev/shm/#sql_96b_0.MAI' (Errcode: 13 "Permission denied") for query SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `wp_options` made by require('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, call_user_func_array, wp_cron, spawn_cron, set_transient, update_option
[12-Dec-2016 22:45:46 UTC] WordPress database error Can't create/write to file '/dev/shm/#sql_96b_0.MAI' (Errcode: 13 "Permission denied") for query SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `wp_options` made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, call_user_func_array, wp_schedule_update_checks, wp_schedule_event, _set_cron_array, update_option

... and some other similar errors.

The result is that no user, no post no-nothing is created in the database's tables, so I'm unable to login. What's happening ???

I've tried to set full access to the /tmp folder as other threads suggested with no luck.

The same goes if I use the wizard to create the site, no way to login

Something is wrong with the installation...

EVEN if I install everything in local with XAMPP, and try to import the database, it gives me this error:

Can't create/write to file '/dev/shm/ibdV47GT' (Errcode: 13 "Permission denied")

I've tried to create /dev/shm, both with full rights (777), but once I set these rights they revert to the original value (755)

what's more: if I try to execute the failing sql from the sql script screen in phpmyadmin it gives me the same error:

ALTER TABLE `wp_comments` ADD PRIMARY KEY ( `comment_ID` ) ,
ADD KEY `comment_post_ID` ( `comment_post_ID` ) ,
ADD KEY `comment_approved_date_gmt` ( `comment_approved` , `comment_date_gmt` ) ,
ADD KEY `comment_date_gmt` ( `comment_date_gmt` ) ,
ADD KEY `comment_parent` ( `comment_parent` ) ,
ADD KEY `comment_author_email` ( `comment_author_email` ( 10 ) ) ;

#1 - Can't create/write to file '/dev/shm/ibdV47GT' (Errcode: 13 "Permission denied")


I've wasted almost a week trying to desperately set up my account with several free hostings like this, and hostinger, awardspace and bytehost, and something ALWAYS FAILS AT THE END.

It's very frustrating, how a simple thing like this could end up in a particular micro nightmare.

Thanks in advance,

Roger
 
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The issues regarding databases has been fixed.
 

edtechx1

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since it's wordpress... any reason you couldn't install whichever package it is that is in the autoinstaller and then tell it to update from the dashboard?
 
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