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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/8/2013 10:31 AM, Richard Barker
      wrote:<br>
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      <pre wrap="">After installing a component in Joomla 2.5.9 I get this error when 
trying to use that component.

PHP Warning:  require_once(): open_basedir restriction in effect. 
File(/usr/share/pear/PEAR.php) is not within the allowed path(s): 
(/var/www/html/:/var/lib/php/session/:/home/:/usr/sausalito/configs/php/:/tmp/:/home/.sites/70/site4/) 
in 
/home/.sites/70/site4/web/administrator/components/com_extplorer/libraries/FTP.php 
on line 33, referer: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://x.x.x.x/administrator/index.php">http://x.x.x.x/administrator/index.php</a>
PHP Warning:  require_once(/usr/share/pear/PEAR.php): failed to open 
stream: Operation not permitted in 
/home/.sites/70/site4/web/administrator/components/com_extplorer/libraries/FTP.php 
on line 33, referer: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://x.x.x.x/administrator/index.php">http://x.x.x.x/administrator/index.php</a>
PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required 'PEAR.php' 
(include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in 
/home/.sites/70/site4/web/administrator/components/com_extplorer/libraries/FTP.php 
on line 33, referer: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://x.x.x.x/administrator/index.php">http://x.x.x.x/administrator/index.php</a>


The site php path is this:
Open Basedir (Server):
/home/
/home/.sites/70/site4
/tmp/
/usr/sausalito/configs/php/
/var/lib/php/session/
/var/www/html/

And the Open Basedir (Vsite):
is empty

Thanks,
RC


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    Try using just '/' forward slash in the GUI. <font
      style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><a
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:none;"
        href="javascript: void 0" onmouseover=" return
        top.code.info_mouseOver(document._label_10_description)"
        onmouseout=" return top.code.info_mouseOut();">Open Basedir
        (Vsite):</a> field</font><br>
    This defeats the security of open base but allows the script to run.<br>
    HTH<br>
    David<br>
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