I have a clean install of a CentOs with php 5.2.13. In php.ini that is loaded and present in the header of phpinfo() I have
safe_mode=off
in the phpinfo() information I have
// local value - safe_mode: On
// master value - safe_mode: off
the php file has only a phpinfo() function. I am still looking for vhost file to see if any directives are there overwriting this, but still then any sugggestions?