Re: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

Chris W. Parker wrote: DAvid Jackson on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:20 AM said: TIA, David Please read for content... and excuse the crapping spelling DJJ ?? Chris -- See reply to this thread right before this, I fat fingered it :) And also the questi

RE: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

DAvid Jackson on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:20 AM said: >> TIA, >> David > Please read for content... and excuse the crapping spelling > > DJJ ?? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

TIA, David Please read for content... and excuse the crapping spelling DJJ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

Joel Boonstra wrote: This tread inerest me because I faced with a situation, where I have to work around don't having a database (out of my control). What I want to do is use Pear + sqlite.so out of home directory of the home dir.(typical L.A.P vhost)? I is modifying safe_mode relative directiv

Re: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, joel boonstra wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:39:06AM -0500, Chris wrote: > > One final comment. It seems there was some motivation, by the PHP creators, > > to institute safe mode as a fix to potential security abuses. If that was > > the case, why weren't the underlying p

Re: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:39:06AM -0500, Chris wrote: > One final comment. It seems there was some motivation, by the PHP creators, > to institute safe mode as a fix to potential security abuses. If that was > the case, why weren't the underlying problems be removed or remedied as > opposed to let

Re: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

Chris, Thank you for your insight. Now that I've become aware of safe mode, it appears to substantially restrict many PHP file functions. What's more worrisome though is the disclaimer posted at the top of the PHP safe mode documentation: "This is a still probably incomplete and possibly incorrect

RE: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

Chris Shiflett on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:25 PM said: > While I'm an ethical person and would never do anything malicious, I > don't trust everyone else to do the same. I personally feel that it is > irresponsible for Web hosts to have safe_mode disabled. why even

Re: [PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

> Why do hosting providers (or anyone for that matter) choose to run PHP > with safe mode enabled? > > I've had problems running some of my scripts when safe mode is enabled, > so now I am seeking a new hosting service because the one I'm with > claims they cannot turn safe mode off for one account

[PHP] Re: why use safe mode?

>Just wondering why some do and some don't use safe mode, It comes set to off in php.ini. Paranoia likely, I don,t know. You are talking about this in php.ini? ; Safe Mode ; safe_mode=Off You might be able to turn it off in your script? Run phpinfo(); to see if it is available. Someoen with mor