php4 and php5 with suphp

Hello to all!

I installed the panel and both php4 and php5 as cgi. I also installed suphp and made it work. By default my handler adds php4 to the configuration of the hosts.
I would like to give the users the ability to switch between php4 and php5. But seems that suPHP_AddHandler can't be added to .htaccess and there is no way to override the the default:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5
suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php

with:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php .php3 .php4 .php5
AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php .php3 .php4 .php5
suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php5

from .htaccess

So my question is - can I add a checkbox in any of the forms and then modify the vhosts template to change 'x-httpd-php' to 'x-httpd-php5' and vice versa. And if I do so which files and how to retain such functionality after an upgrade.

And another question - what security level adds suphp? Because I still can open files from other directories with php scripts that I run in my webroot.

Regards,

Apostol

 

suphp with both php5 and php4

Looks like nobody is interested in how to do this.
But I need it and found out the solution. It's not perfect, because an upgrade of the panel would destroy the additions to the code.

This is how I did it:
1. I have both php4 and php5 compiled with fastcgi option and all other options that I need.
2. I have the suPHP installed and WORKING as per the Falko's tutorial.
3. I edited the form 'ISP Web' and added a checkbox called php_5 to the Options tab.
4. I edited the file /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/config.lib.php
and changed the original code to

if($go_info["server"]["apache2_php"] == 'suphp'){
if($web["php_5"]){
$php .= "suPHP_Engine on\n";
$php .= "suPHP_UserGroup ".$webadmin." web".$web["doc_id"]."\n";
$php .= "AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php .php3 .php4 .php5\n";
$php .= "suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php5\n";
}
else {
$php .= "suPHP_Engine on\n";
$php .= "suPHP_UserGroup ".$webadmin." web".$web["doc_id"]."\n";
$php .= "AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5\n";
$php .= "suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php\n";
}
}

And it works.

I would like to have some feedback from any of the developers. But not necessarily, as I notice that this topic is not very interesting to anyone in this forum.

Regards,

Apostol

 

NACK, I am. And by definition, I != nobody

I am looking for something similar. I want to make suPHP optional, so I can switch it on and off on a per site basis. Your solution points me to the right place but where is the form 'ISP Web'? I can't find it (by means of grep and such).

 

I am just 1 more (means at least 2 ;-)
The form ist NOT a file. Just log in and goto:
Administration/Form Designer/Edit form.

 

Way cool! Thanks a lot. I have definitely been looking at the wrong place for something that wouldn't have been there anyway

So, now I added a checkbox to the form ISP Web. In /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/config.lib.php after

Code:

if($go_info["server"]["apache2_php"] == 'suphp'){

I inserted a little quick and dirty

Code:

if($web["mycheckbox"]){...}else{... original code ...}

to make config.lib.php disable "suPHP_Engine".

Drop me a line if someone wants the complete patch.
Thanks to all, and especially to the developers for ISPconfig.

 

beware

I'm glad I helped.

BEWARE when upgrading the panel. Looks like adding fields to forms leads to installation issues. Look here
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9524
All my sites dissapeared.
And looks like a database dump->deletion of additions->upgrade->restore additions is the right way.

 

That's a bummer. Thanks for the pointer. I have already subscribed myself to that thread. See you there.

 

can't find...

Can anybody please help me!
i found a general tutorial about php4 php5 and suphp but i can't find the tutorial for suPHP AND ISPConfig. I also don't find any check box or else to tell ISPConfig, that i use suPHP (i only found suExec).

maybe i am too silly or it is too late form me today...

 

There is no checkbox. And, I do not know of an official howto. But you should be fine with following the howto in http://www.howtoforge.com/apache2_suphp_php4_php5 for setting up suPHP in general. Once you have it running you can tell ISPconfig to enable suPHP for your virtual hosts by setting

Code:

$go_info["server"]["apache2_php"]

to suphp. This variable is to be found in config.inc.php which should be at /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/lib/config.inc.php.

HTH.