[BlueOnyx:05416] Re: php admin thru GUI is broke - clues?

[Michael Stauber]

Hi James,

> Mate you need to fix this asap as many people store connection details in
> plain text in php... It sounds to me like the httpd is not passing php
> files to the php compiler... Google will show some quick fixes until blue
> onyx is fixed.

It turned out this wasn't a BlueOnyx problem. The server was tied into a third 
party YUM repository which had an "updated" suPHP RPM, which had been compiled 
with different options than BlueOnyx needed. That broke PHP entirely - even on 
sites where suPHP was disabled.

RPMforge is popular and Dag's repositories are pretty popular, but I can only 
highly recommend not to use them on a BlueOnyx box. Expecially never ever run 
"yum update" against such a third party YUM repository, or all hell will break 
loose.

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With best regards

Michael Stauber