PHP open_basedir question

Discussion in 'General' started by unsichtbare, Sep 29, 2020.

  1. unsichtbare

    unsichtbare Member HowtoForge Supporter

    I am concerned that the open_basedir in my site is too permissive. In specific, I am concerned with /dev/random:/dev/urandom - do I need these?
    Code:
    /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web:/var/www/clients/client1/web1/private:/var/www/clients/client1/web1/tmp:/var/www/mysite.com/web:/srv/www/mysite.com/web:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php:/tmp:/usr/share/phpmyadmin:/etc/phpmyadmin:/var/lib/phpmyadmin:/dev/random:/dev/urandom
    THX
    -John
     
  2. Jesse Norell

    Jesse Norell ISPConfig Developer Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Yes, that is generally the source of randomness for running programs, eg. to seed a random number generator, create crypto keys, etc.
     
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  3. unsichtbare

    unsichtbare Member HowtoForge Supporter

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