can you give more info about your host ?
like php version and Os
also please check if php is under safe_mode
cuse some function dosent work with safe mode
to check use this script
PHP Code:
<?php
// Check for safe mode
if( ini_get('safe_mode') ){
echo "Safe mode is on";
}else{
echo "Safe mode is off";
}
?>
if safe mode is on turn it off and try again
and please report.
edit :
YEP i was right chmod is disabled on safe mode
you can find all of functions that dosent work with safe mode
here
lets hope this is the problem.