[solved] open_basedir tweak via cpanel not supported

[aww]

Cpanel's "tweak security" offers a menu option to turn on open_basedir on a per user basis.

Litespeed doesn't seem to obey cpanel (not surprisingly as cpanel is probably writing php.ini in another directory)

How do I enable this manually?
Any issues to consider under LiteSpeed vs apache?

Tweak php open_basedir Security

php open_basedir Protection

Php's open_basedir protection prevents users from opening files outside of their home directory with php.

[mistwang]

cPanel override "open_basedir" for each virtual host in httpd.conf, it is honored by LiteSpeed, Please check it via a phpinfo page.

[aww]

Well you are right, it's in phpinfo

However if I remember correctly under apache+php if you try something as simple as this, it should fail as it's trying to read a path outside the owner's own folder

echo file_get_contents('/proc/loadavg');

lsws+php+open_basedir is allowing it to happen without error

[mistwang]

As I knew, it is a bug in PHP 4.4.6, but PHP team won't fix it, you can check PHP's bug reports.

[mistwang]

Same thing will happen with Apache mod_php.

[aww]

Ah my apologies then.
I could have sworn it failed under my apache+php which was 4.4.6

Later tonight when traffic is slower I will switch back to apache temporarily just to double check (and see what php version I am actually running under that)

Was I at least right about the /~username issue?

[mistwang]

There is a thread in webhostingtalk about PHP 4.4.6 + Apache, http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=601125

We are investigating the user dir issue.

[mistwang]

PHP 4.4.7 has been released, it might be fixed.

[aww]

Please forgive my ignorance, for a php upgrade do we upgrade though your installer? So basically we have to wait until you make a package 4.4.7 ? (not rushing you, just trying to understand the process)

[mistwang]

You'd better building your own PHP binary, just follow tutorial in our wiki.
It is the only way to get it up-to-date as early as you can.
Make sure to uninstall eAccelerator before upgrade PHP to another version, then install it again after the upgrade.