[BlueOnyx:10366] Re: open_basedir restriction in effect.

[Stephanie Sullivan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Stauber [mailto:mstauber at blueonyx.it]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 11:22 AM
> To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:10364] Re: open_basedir restriction in effect.
> 
> Hi DD,
> 
> > To clarify: I get the same error with /web/ added into the error
> strings:
> >
> > PHP Warning:  file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect.
> > File(/home/.sites/70/site4/web/product_list.csv) is not within the
> allowed
> > path(s): (/tmp/:/var/lib/php/session/:/usr/sausalito/configs/php/)
> in
> > /home/.sites/70/site4/web/update_products.php on line 12
> 
> To disable the open_basedir restrictions, edit the PHP settings of
> the site in
> question and remove everything from "open_basedir" that's currently
> there and
> replace it with this: /
> 
> Just a simple slash. Save the changes. Done.
>
> With best regards 
> Michael Stauber

Isn't the point of open_basedir to limit what a php script can open to
things that are in specific places? Doesn't it completely negate
open_basedir to simply assign it "/" making everything accessible to php -
certainly many configuration files, etc. that one might not desire be
visible to anyone. Effectively it removes the open_basedir directive.

I would hope this is simply a workaround and quite a temporary situation.
It's not an acceptable setting if security is a concern.

	-Stephanie