Error while I am opening an attachement
 

I am receiving the following error while I am trying to open an attachment that was uploaded by other users.

Code:
Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 1008 is not allowed to access ./attachments/2/2/0/4/7/1243.attach owned by uid 1003 in [path]/attachment.php on line 277

Warning: fopen(./attachments/2/2/0/4/7/1243.attach) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Invalid argument in [path]/attachment.php on line 277
Note that I would like to stay with safe mode due to security measures.
I have full access (root) to the machine. (FreeBSD 7.1)