Was that issue ever corrected? Have not used IPB in a while and was wondering....It was a pain in the ass to get my Host to change that and if I still have to go through it I will just use a free forum software.....Thanks...

Don't worry about it..If you have not seen it then your obviously not using the software..Thanks for the attempted help anyway..

 

Sorry, just looked at your profile, @AlienOrigins. I realized I forgot a third, equally plausible factor that may be resulting in the error you're seeing.

Yeti in the server.

Possible..Then again at my age it could be a default setting in the cerebral cortex gone haywire...I will download it and install it if the php crap is still there I will delete the software.

Edited April 22, 20213 yr by AlienOrigins

 

That’s to do with your server. Speak to your host with the errors shown and they will correct it for you.

God save us.. 😂

You ever tried speaking to the non English talking help at Namecheap? I would rather try to give a Great White Shark a root canal!

 

If you can't change your php configuration (possibly you are on shared hosting) then add the following to a Notepad file and name it php.ini

disable_functions = exec, system, passthru, pcntl_exec, popen, proc_open, shell_exec
display_errors = off

If your host allows for recursive php.ini files then you only need to upload to your root, if not you will need to upload to all folders 🙂

I will try this if I decide to reinstall it....

Too Add: Tried it and it don't work...Basically telling me I am exposing sensitive php functions that could compromise the board...

Edited April 22, 20213 yr by AlienOrigins

 

Changing disable_functions at your account level on a shared server (and in may PHP configurations won't work because they're core directives) is not really seeing the point of these warnings. They're there because those methods could also potentially be used by other accounts on your server to exploit your data by bypassing the typical directory protections in PHP/open_basedir.

They're as much about protecting your community and your data from other sites that may get exploited on the same server.

Thanks...It don't matter I deleted the site and software off the server..Not interested in pulling the teeth out of a great white.

 

Those functions are rarely needed and very dangerous.

You are putting electrical tape over the check engine light on your car, and then complaining that the light is the defect instead of the oil leak. Or putting the anal probe directly into the interstellar mouth socket. One of those.

Installing some other software on the same server is not resolving your problem. Other software may not do you the courtesy of warning you that there is a problem, but the problem is global to all PHP based applications.

You seem to think because your other car doesn't come equipped with air bags that a new one with air bags obviously has a terrible defect that makes it crash spontaneously into walls. So you'll drive the old one because that's safer....

Not putting electrical tape on anything.. Installing other SOFTWARE works well because IPB is the ONLY ONE where I get that issue! No problem with anything but IPB...And you want to make analogies? What if one car as a 5.7 liter engine and the other is a 1.8 liter does that mean because the 1.8 is smaller that it cannot do 60mph down the interstate? Forum software is like cars you get a bad one in all of them....Does this issue mean that IPB is bad? No...But it also does not correct itself even after my host corrects the problem on the. server it comes back!!!!!!!!

Either way the thread is a moot point because I took the software down and off the server...

Edited April 24, 20213 yr by AlienOrigins

 

I had my host turn these off for me (I have a VPN, but I'm not smart enough to do it on my own).

I have a newsletter app on the same server that can do auto updates.  They stopped working because I turned off exec.

How dangerous is it to have that one turned back on, and what could happen?

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How dangerous is it to have that one turned back on, and what could happen?

LoL...And the sound of crickets.....What does that tell you dude?

 

It tells me that a support question with 2 pages worth of post, over a week old, is likely already answered and may go unnoticed. If you were trying to suggest that the lack of a speedy reply was a guaranteed method to detect how vital something is or not, that would be a poor choice of judgment. Especially considering this is all happening on the weekend evening (Saturday, evening) when most folks are not keeping business hours. The comment you are addressing was posted on a Friday evening when most people have "punched out" for the weekend. But I digress. Just because someone has not rushed to provide a detailed explanation (in your presumed time frame) does not imply anything is safe or not.

 

Respectfully, @Square Wheels, I would not take @AlienOrigins seriously concerning this matter. He/she started this thread expecting people to read his/her mind (not even explaining what the issue was). When folks pointed out that this warning was by design, for your protection, he/she basically said he/she does not care. 

 

As a rule of thumb  @Square Wheels you should avoid exposing your site to anything that could cause it harm. Keeping your site safe is not going to hinder your usage. My test site has 13 different developments, for example (domaintaken.org), and everything works. I do not need to make my site less secure to have things function. Anyone telling you not to worry about security, in general, I do not believe has your best interest in mind.

 

 

 

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It tells me that a support question with 2 pages worth of post, over a week old, is likely already answered and may go unnoticed.

No its not answered....Never has been answered.  I have as of yet to get a direct satisfactory answer to this. So I quit trying as of this thread. And the reason I no longer use the software, that and having to deal with that dumb ass Namecheap hosting.