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mailman
xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/7/31 16:14

  • mailman

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Hi,
I got a warning about these 2 directories when logging in the first time. I moved the directories to a folder outside of my XOOPS directory and added symbolic links to them. I'm getting the same message (I'm not too suprised ).

Which directory should I move these two directories into to avoid security issues?

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badb0iie
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/8/1 2:55

  • badb0iie

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yes i would like to know the same answer to please =)
Shuffle Up & Deal!

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ghia
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/8/1 9:48

  • ghia

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  • Since: 2008/7/3 1


You may choose it, but it has to be below your web root, eg:

home
|_public_html
| |_index.html
| |_index.php
| |_mainfile.php
| |_install
| |_modules
|   |_system
|
|
_xoops_trust_path
  
|_xoops_data
  
| |_configs
  
| |_caches
  
|   |_smarty_cache
  
|   |_smarty_compile
  
|   |_xoops_cache
  
|_xoops_lib
    
|_modules
      
|_protector

NB - Not all files and directories are depicted.
- home represents a directory path to below your website root (/home/public_html/) eg /var/www/youraccount/.
- the name of the webroot directory public_html may be different at your server eg htdocs.
- not all servers support execution of PHP files in directories other than the web root (and some have a specific directory for it).

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badb0iie
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/8/2 5:35

  • badb0iie

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once these files are moved how does the site kno where they are?
where do i go to make the changes in the codes?

i put symlinks in my public_html file ...the site works
but i still have the warning,,,

so im sure im doing somthing wrong lol
Shuffle Up & Deal!

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DonCurioso
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning

Edit mainfile.php & change paths of xoops_data & xoops_lib. If you really move outside XOOPS root, XOOPS needs to know it!

Easy, fastest & messages warning will dissapear.

Regards.

HispaXoops | Xoops EspaƱa

That's the way i like it! | Nada mejor que una Alhambra bien helada con aceitunas...

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badb0iie
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/8/11 0:38

  • badb0iie

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Thanks for the help!
I got it fixed =)

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ghia
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/8/11 7:48

  • ghia

  • Community Support Member

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  • Since: 2008/7/3 1


For not getting hacked, make sure the symlinks are removed.

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DJ007
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/10/12 21:14

  • DJ007

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Moved both folders as suggested into a newly created folder I called xoops_trust and deleted both folders from the root directory, then defined the paths to both in mainfile.php..

Now I get ROOT/xoops_trust/xoops_lib
& ROOT/xoops_trust/xoops_data is inside DocumentRoot!

New install of 2.3.3b
Ideas?
Thnx.

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ghia
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/10/12 22:09

  • ghia

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  • Posts: 4953

  • Since: 2008/7/3 1


It is probably still not outside the document root (<> XOOPS root). Study the diagram.

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bjuti
Re: xoops_data and xoops_lib inside DocumentRoot warning
  • 2009/10/12 23:45

  • bjuti

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I have the same problem on 1and1.com...

mydomain.com is assigned to htdocs/xoops, and trust/data dir is in htdocs coz there is no way to go beyond htdocs via ftp.

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