Got To Be A Way...
I need some help from you fine people to see if there is a way around this from the user or system level in a shared hosting environment (Linux Apache CPanel). The problem lies in that certain security measures have crippled Gallery (the popular image gallery script) and several others that deal with image manipulation.
Here's the current set-up that seems to be related to the problem.
open_basedir restricts anything but:
/home/username
/web/tmp/
/tmp
These functions are disabled local and master:
dl
exec
passthru
proc_open
proc_close
shell_exec
system
Safe-Mode is Off local and master
/home/username
/web/tmp/
/tmp
These functions are disabled local and master:
dl
exec
passthru
proc_open
proc_close
shell_exec
system
Safe-Mode is Off local and master
"Warning: exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /path/user/file"
I'm wondering, since open_basedir is restricted to this point, if the exec funtion really needs to be disabled, as it *looks* like if exec() is enabled, then Gallery will run. There just has to be a way to let these popluar scripts run and still have good security.
Can anyone help me with this?
