safe_mode problem

I can't seem to get safe_mode working the way I need it to. I'm trying to allow users to include PEAR from their local webspace without disabling safe_mode. The docs tell me to simply use the safe_mode_include_dir directive, but php does not seem to be using it. Here's my config, set up in httpd.conf: <Directory ~ "/*/WWW">

    AllowOverride FileInfo Indexes AuthConfig Limit
    Options MultiViews +Indexes -FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +ExecCGI +IncludesNoExec
    <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Limit>
    <Limit PUT DELETE PATCH PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
    </Limit>
    php_admin_flag safe_mode On
    php_value include_path ".:/pkgs/php-4.2.3/share/pear"
    php_admin_value safe_mode_exec_dir "/pkgs/www/cgi-bin/"
    php_admin_value safe_mode_include_dir ".:/pkgs/php-4.2.3/share/pear"
    php_admin_value doc_root "."
    php_admin_value user_dir WWW
    php_admin_flag engine On
    php_value max_execution_time 90

</Directory> Currently, this setup throws "SAFE MODE Restriction in effect" errors when I try to include /pkgs/php-4.2.3/share/pear. Includes work when I turn safe_mode off. Anyone see what I'm doing wrong or what I should be doing differently? Peter -- Peter Torraca Webmaster, Math Department Purdue Univ., Math 813 765-494-9998