RE: [PHP] Securing php files on shared servers

Yeah, on your DBConnection include file (where your username/pass is kept), encrypt the page with a encoder like IonCube (http://www.ioncube.com) they charge by the amount of code, so for say, two connection lines, it's like $1.00. Check out there site, after you sign up for an account you can select your script and the web-interface will tell you how much it would cost to encode. On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 10:02, Hardik Doshi wrote: Hi everyone, I found the same problem regarding security issue with database password file. Does anyone has solution for that? thanks Hardik "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> wrote:> Major security question: > > I manage a shared Linux web server running PHP 4.2.3. Apache must have > read permissions on a php file necessary for a web application. For > example a conf.php file containing a MySQL password that is stored > outside the web directory: > > -rw-r----- 1 q apache 3522 Oct 17 06:39 conf.php > > Because this file is readable by apache, ANY user on the server can write > the following script: > > > > which upon execution the conf.php file will be read by apache and exposed > to the user. > > Example understood? > > How can a file be secured so it can still be used by apache, but > inaccessable by any other user? Is there a PHP ini configuration to force > apache to run as the user that is the owner of the php files being > executed? Either turn on safe_mode or use the CGI instead of the module. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now -- Adam Voigt (adam@cryptocomm.com) The Cryptocomm Group My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc

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