Mandatory information about my setup:
Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? there are none about the scanner
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.4
PHP version: 3.5.10
MySQL version: 5.1
Host: Hetzner.de
Admin Tools version: 2.2.5
Description of my issue:
On a fresh site with only a few extensions installed I tried to run the initial PHP File Change Scanner. The documentation mentiones the requirement for a writable temp directory and it's Global Configuration. I have followed the security checklist on joomla.org and changed my temp directory from the site root to somewhere else which is recognised by the system information as well, and it is writable, all good so far. I deleted the original /tmp folder though.
While running the scanner I noticed in the database that the /tmp folder was used - the one that was not there anymore, so the scan did not stop but went on for "ages". I then manually added the /tmp folder in the site root again which allowed the scan to be completed.
This (and the fact that there is nothing in the new temp folder but an akeeba.backend.log in the siteroot/tmp) tells me that the temp directory set in the Global Configuration is indeed NOT used, which I believe it should.
Hope this helps make your fantastic software a bit better (and not end up as a tweet ;-))
Best wishes,
Erik
N.B.:
Is it intended, that the configuration setting (for the calc diffs) is reset to "no" after a scan? Actually, "save and close" seems not to save a "yes" and even revert a "yes" to a "no" if "yes" was saved before.
Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? there are none about the scanner
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.4
PHP version: 3.5.10
MySQL version: 5.1
Host: Hetzner.de
Admin Tools version: 2.2.5
Description of my issue:
On a fresh site with only a few extensions installed I tried to run the initial PHP File Change Scanner. The documentation mentiones the requirement for a writable temp directory and it's Global Configuration. I have followed the security checklist on joomla.org and changed my temp directory from the site root to somewhere else which is recognised by the system information as well, and it is writable, all good so far. I deleted the original /tmp folder though.
While running the scanner I noticed in the database that the /tmp folder was used - the one that was not there anymore, so the scan did not stop but went on for "ages". I then manually added the /tmp folder in the site root again which allowed the scan to be completed.
This (and the fact that there is nothing in the new temp folder but an akeeba.backend.log in the siteroot/tmp) tells me that the temp directory set in the Global Configuration is indeed NOT used, which I believe it should.
Hope this helps make your fantastic software a bit better (and not end up as a tweet ;-))
Best wishes,
Erik
N.B.:
Is it intended, that the configuration setting (for the calc diffs) is reset to "no" after a scan? Actually, "save and close" seems not to save a "yes" and even revert a "yes" to a "no" if "yes" was saved before.
