RE: Cannot Access Includes Above Current Directory

Sorry I haven't got back to you sooner. I think I understand the problem
better now.

I suspect this is down to environment variables. Try using "phpinfo();" via
SSL and non-SSL connections and see if you can see which variables aren't in
the first one (curl and diff are very handy for this).

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Benson [mailto:sbenson@sdfair.com]
> Sent: 16 December 2003 17:29
> To: modssl-users@modssl.org
> Subject: RE: Cannot Access Includes Above Current Directory
>
>
> John:
>
> Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question it's much
> appreciated.
>
> I can understand this may be thought of as nothing to do with mod_ssl
> (and that's most likely true). I'm not sure what other list might be
> more appropriate and was trying to reach knowledgeable folks with both
> Apache and SSL experience.
>
> It might help if I explained the reason I tried the mod_ssl
> list is that
> -
>
> - I've created a number of Apache web sites using PHP but this is my
> first using SSL(mod_ssl incorporated into Apache 2.0.48,
> openssl). I've
> never encountered anything like this before in web development.
>
> - All scripts work fine with relative paths to include files
> as long as
> they're accessed via http and are not in the
> https virtual server directory tree structure.
>
> - When accessing the same scripts within the https virtual server tree
> the scripts cannot reference any include files that
> aren't at the same level or below in the directory tree.
>
> - If the include file is made available at the same level or below, no
> problem accessing via relative or absolute paths.
>
> - Even when the paths to include files are changed to absolute paths
> they fail if the file is above the current directory in the tree. For
> some reason I can't go up the directory tree from within the https
> virtual server directory structure.
> This is true no matter where I am in the structure i.e. if I'm two
> levels deep in the directory tree I can't reference a file up
> one level.
> If I'm three levels deep I can't reference files back on level two,
> bummer!
>
> This seems to be a configuration problem but I've exhausted
> my resources
> trying to figure out what within httpd.conf or ssl.conf would
> be causing
> this behavior.
>
> Seems like such a small thing but with an existing site structure I'd
> have to replicate many scripts, css',images etc. to make the
> components
> I need available within the https virtual server's directory
> structure.
> What a maintenance nightmare!
>
> Any suggestions you may offer are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> .......... Steve
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John.Airey@rnib.org.uk [mailto:John.Airey@rnib.org.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:30 AM
> To: modssl-users@modssl.org
> Subject: RE: Cannot Access Includes Above Current Directory
>
>
> This isn't really a mod_ssl issue, but I suggest you use the absolute
> path for included php as the current directory is probably where the
> httpd binary is, or perhaps where the config files are.
>
> (I changed the subject as my last post was rejected, somehow)
>

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