open_basedir not expanding properly into subdirectories

Hello Everyone I'm running PHP 4.1.2 (no I can't upgrade at the moment) and I'm running into a problem with open_basedir. The way I understand the open_basedir directive it allows only file access to the directory mentioned and its subdirectories. In my setting I have a directory setting in the open_basedir corresponding to /usr/someuser/ and I have to access files in the directory /usr/someuser/webframework/classes/ So with the above mentioned open_basedir I should be able to access the directory /usr/someuser/webframework/classes/ but i still get the warning that open_basedir restriction is in effected... so is this a bug in 4.1.2 or am I misinterpreting the manual? The momentarly solution is to simply overwrite the open_basedir directive but I'd still would like to understand why I can't access the subdirectory. Thanks in advance Stefan P.S.: I have searched the bug database and haven't found anything relating to this directly. Neither the archive has given me a concrete answer. ---- Stefan Langer - SPIRIT21/AG Max-Planck-Str. 3 85716 München - Unterschleissheim Tel.: +49 (0)89 3740639 - 14 Fax.: +49 (0)89 3740639 - 22