Posted by Newt on 09/06/07 19:48

Newt wrote:
> Lammi wrote:
>> On 6 Sep., 01:04, Newt <new...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I've compiled MySQL 4.1, PHP 4.4.7 and Apache 1.3.37.
>>>
>>> When I try to use phpinfo() to ensure everything is OK, I get the
>>> following message:
>>>
>>> Warning: Unknown(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/test.php): failed to open
>>> stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
>>>
>>> Warning: (null)() [function.include]: Failed opening
>>> '/usr/local/apache/htdocs/test.php' for inclusion
>>> (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in Unknown on line 0
>>>
>>> Is this some form of security issue?
>>>
>>> Secondly, I'm only doing this because the servers on the web I have
>>> access to run similar versions of AMP. If I develop under Apache 2, PHP
>>> 5.* and MySQL 5.*, is it expected that the PHP pages and database will
>>> work OK under MySQL 4.1, PHP 4.4.7 and Apache 1.3.37 ?
>>
>> seems to be a permission problem, check if the apache-user is allowed
>> to access /htdocs and test.php.
>>
>> in your developement enviroment the apache-version doesn't really
>> matter. php5-scripts may work on php4, as long you're not coding
>> object oriented. mysql5 databses are compatible to mysql4 databases,
>> but there are several new functions in mysql5, that will fail on
>> mysql4 (subselects for example).
>>
> Hmm. Having just started apache, it's currently running as nobody. I
> take it that isn't a good thing then...
Set it to run as apache, with the group as apache. Still didn't work. I
also needed to reset the permissions on test.php .

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