Setting in PHP.INI limiting whether PHP can access files outside of the specified directory tree.
Questions tagged [open-basedir]
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How to setup open_basedir in PHP for Joomla
I am trying to setup open_basedir on the php.ini file on the server however I'm not really sure how.
Do I create a directory somewhere on the server?

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Jira API Issue - CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when safe_mode is enabled or an open_basedir is set limited options on shared hosting
Im running some code on Atlassian Jira bug system API, here is the code im using
$username = 'xxx';
$password = 'xxx';
$url = 'https://xxx.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issues/?filter=12202';
//$url =…

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open_basedir() warning with Symfony1.4
Often browsing my site I can see this php warning:
Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/vhosts//httpdocs/apps/frontend/modules/.sf/config/config_handlers.yml) is not within the allowed path(s):…

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Saving files to another DocumentRoot using PHP
I have a site that generates some image files. Instead of saving to within the site's DocumentRoot like \home\mysite\public_html\photos, I want to save to another user's directory like \home\anothersite\public_html\photos. The reason for doing this…

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How to install iF.SVNAdmin on ubuntu
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Subversion_clients the web interface iF.SVNAdmin can be installed on a linux OS.
I want to use it as web interface for subversion repositories on a ubuntu vserver with running apache and php…

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Open_basedir Restriciton while hosting subdomain outside root folder
Ok my home directory is /home/tubzandm
My root folder for the live site is /home/tubzandm/public_html
Our development site is /home/tubzandm/develop/public_html
Domain dev.tubzandmore.com points to /home/tubzandm/develop/public_html
Domain…

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Open Base Directory Cross Domain
Changing the open_basedir directive to work with subdomains works absolutely fine on my server by simply setting the directive to:
C:\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.net\subdomains\beta\httpdocs\;C:\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.net\httpdocs\
However, when I try to…

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basedir issue, am I reading this right?
Warning: touch() [function.touch]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
File() is not within the allowed path(s):
(/var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/) in
/var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/Manuals/updater.php on line 5 There
was an error…

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realpath() open_basedir restriction in effect.
I'm trying to get my Zend Framework application up and running on my VPS. I'm receiving this error:
Error
Warning: realpath() [function.realpath]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
Apparently this is quite common with Plesk's default restrictions…

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curl triggering open_basedir
I have a php (php-fpm) script script1.php running in /var/www/html/folder1/script1.php, protected with open_basedir "/var/www/html/folder1".
From that script, I call a 2nd script script2.php located in /var/www/html/folder2/script2.php through…

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open_basedir restriction is not working as expected
I am performing a pen test on a web server as one of the tasks in an exam, and after exploiting a unrestricted file upload vulnerability (https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Unrestricted_File_Upload), I am trying to access a certain folder on the web…

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open_basedir restriction Error with CodeIgniter App in Subdirectory
I have a CodeIgniter Application for Administration purposes, put in a Subdirectory of the domain.
I get the following error when I update a record and try to clear the cached copy of the page, which resides in the Cache folder in domain root.
My…

Junaid Ali
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Should I enable open_basedir?
I read that open_basedir should be 'On' for better security. Is that true? Should I enable it?

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