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Re: [cobalt-users] Security pb or not ?



"Arnaud L." <alahaye@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Raq4, when i create a new virtualhost the directory was created on
> /home/sites like
>
> drwxrwsr-x 6 nobody site147 1024 Aug 22 22:14 site147
>
> The problem is that user for the site 146 for example can browse in PHP
the
> directory of site 147 (by a simple readdir) because they have the same
> User/Group on httpd.conf and PHP...
>
> It is a bug ? That poses problems of confidentiality

It's not a bug.  It's a limitation of Apache 1.3 running in a multi-user
environment.  See open_basedir in the PHP manual and the safe mode related
Apache PHP directives at
http://www.php.net/manual/en/printwn/features.safe-mode.php#AEN6422.  Please
be aware that even if PHP is tightened, shell users and users running
scripts written in other languages will not be subject to the same
restrictions.

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