Re: PEAR in safe_mode

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > > Our system administrator told me today, that he is having enourmous > > > problems setting up PEAR on a system that uses safe mode. The problem > > > is, that the user, who is executing the script that uses PEAR, isn't > > > allowed to access /usr/local/lib/php (where the PEAR files reside) due > > > to the safe mode limitations ("The script whose uid is xxxx is not > > > allowed to access ..."). IIRC there was also a report some weeks > > > ago on php-dev about the same problem. > > > > > > How should this be handled? > > > > I guess php.ini should have a "safe_mode_allowed_include_dirs" option. > > I'll see what I can do about that. > > This was added recently. See php.ini-dist: > > ; When safe_mode is on, UID/GID checks are bypassed when > ; including files from this directory and its subdirectories. > ; (directory must also be in include_path or full path must > ; be used when including) > safe_mode_include_dir = There you go. Problem solved. :-) - Stig