how to check if my shared hosting has suexec or suphp

Question

I need to check if my shared host has suexec or suphp. I found this documentation: http://www.alain.knaff.lu/howto/PhpSuexec/

At the very end of this document there is a test. When I run the test, it says:

Warning: system() has been disabled for security reasons in /home.......... on line 3

Is there any other method to check it? (I have SSH access)

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '12 at 17:25

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the best and simplest way I have found to test it is to have a PHP script executing the "id" command:

put the following in a .php file, and uplaod via ft. then, visit the file location in your browser.

<?php
system('id');
?>

answered Feb 23 '12 at 17:25

vulgarbulgar

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what's the expected outcome that tells if it is enabled? – JackDev Jan 14 '14 at 03:39
You should see something similar to: "uid=978(username) gid=971(username) groups=971(username)". – Matteo Ceserani Apr 01 '14 at 09:01
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Since the OP says that system() has been disabled, this doesn't answer the question. – pix Oct 21 '14 at 10:49

MAYCHU.NET · Answer 2 · 2013-04-29T10:22:54.803

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Because of warning system() has been disabled for security reasons, you should run this PHP function getmyuid() instead of system():

<?php
echo "<p>Current User ID: ".getmyuid()."</p>";
echo "<p>Current Script Owner: ".get_current_user()."</p>";
?>

edited Apr 29 '13 at 10:22

answered Apr 29 '13 at 10:16

MAYCHU.NET

getmyuid() returns the uid for the owner of the script, not the user the server is executing the script as. – Tim B Feb 13 '15 at 18:50

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