looping setup problem as well

[petro]

Hey all,

So i'm having the same looping problem on initial setup as others seem to have. I can never login. I have looked through just about every article on this topic, and i haven't been able to solve this myself. Here's my details. I can also PM someone my ftp info, just let me know to who.

escal v5.4 - just downloaded
http://www.pinoir.com/escal/

php info:
http://www.pinoir.com/escal/phpinfo.php

I've created a tmp directory in both the root folder of my site and in the escal directory. For some reason, my hosting provider will let me chmod files, but not directories via FTP, and i don't have shell access. Do the tmp directories need to be chmod'ed to something other than 755?

No cookies seem to have been sent to my web browser. I've tried two different browsers. I'm running MacOS X and tested w. both the safari and internet explorer browser.

I've chmod'ed both the config.inc.php and showCalendar.php files. I see that the config.inc.php file is being modified when i run the /escal/setup/install.php page, and it removes most of the content from the original php file. I've tried uploading new copies of both those files, and the same thing happens again.

Any other suggestions?
thanks,
-pete