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#12498 open_basedir in php.ini

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 10:28 CDT

phsriva
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? web-application-firewall.html
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 1.5.26
PHP version: 5.3.10
MySQL version: 5.5.21-cll
Host: Inhouse http://physics.technion.ac.il
Admin Tools version: Professional 2.2.6

Description of my issue:

Some recommend adding a line, similar to the one below, to the php.ini file:
open_basedir =/home/xxxxxx/domains/xxxxxxx.com/:/tmp

1. can you explain the structure of this. e.g: which address should we write in our case.
2. we have more than 1 site on this serever (http://physics.technion.ac.il/library and http://physics.technion.ac.il/eng) how do we open basedir for both?

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hello Riva,

These questions are well beyond the support I can offer from this support ticket system. I would recommend searching the Internet (Google is your friend!) for more information on open_basedir so that you understand the concept. Then you can judge for yourself if your specific site setup requires that. Hint: if you only host two sites on a dedicated server you don't need it. This is a typical means of increasing security on shared servers with thousands of site. The directive rarely goes in the php.ini file. It usually goes into the configuration file of each vhost.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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