Open_basedir problem

[ThayalanT]

Hello,

I am getting the following errors in php error log and some web pages appear blank.

[04-Jan-2010 08:00:32] PHP Warning: Unknown: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs/phpinfo.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (HV<8f> ar/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpdocs) in Unknown on line 0
[04-Jan-2010 08:00:32] PHP Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[04-Jan-2010 08:00:32] PHP Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs/phpinfo.php' (include_path='.:..:../..:/usr/local/zend/share/ZendFramework/library:/usr/local/zend/share/pear:/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs') in Unknown on line 0
[04-Jan-2010 08:10:01] PHP Warning: Unknown: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs/1.0/common/monitor.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (ü^F<90> ar/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpdocs:/tmp) in Unknown on line 0
[04-Jan-2010 08:10:01] PHP Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[04-Jan-2010 08:10:01] PHP Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs/1.0/common/monitor.php' (include_path='.:..:../..:/usr/local/zend/share/ZendFramework/library:/usr/local/zend/share/pear:/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs') in Unknown on line 0

I then edited the httpd.include file directly by putting the values:
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value open_basedir "/:/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs:/tmp"

By putting root path to open_basedir, I thought it should allow for all access since I am using a dedicated server. After that when I restarted apache, it worked for a few days and after that the blank pages problem start to appear with the above-mentioned errors in error log but the httpd.include file has the values that I modified. Later, after going through other problems in Parallels Forum, I entered the following entries in the vhost_ssl.conf file.

SSLEngine on
SSLPROTOCOL -ALL +SSLv3 +TLSv1
SSLCipherSuite -ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:!EXP

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs>
php_admin_flag engine on
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value open_basedir "/:/var/www/vhosts/<domain name>/httpsdocs:/tmp"
SSLRequireSSL
Options -Includes -ExecCGI -Indexes
</Directory>

and then I entered the following command: /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -a -v

I wanted to know whether the format of the entry into vhost_ssl.conf file is correct. If not, what is the correct format? If wrong file, then which file do I have to edit?

The site seems to be working but I want to know whether this is correct so that after a few days the same old problem should not happen.

Thank You!

 

[HostaHost]

Modifying the httpd.include is what caused the problem to come back; those files get regenerated after certain activities. Adding to the vhost file should keep it from happening again. Your open basedir is correct but if you're just setting it to / you may as well just set "php_admin_value open_basedir none" instead.