Re: PHP 5.2.12/5.3.1 session.save_path safe_mode and open_basedir bypass

[Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>]

Ah, I see. Another reason not to rely on a broken system ;)
I'm no fan of sessions :).

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Joachim Schipper
<joachim () joachimschipper nl> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 03:35:28PM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote:
> > What exactly are the implications of this?
> > Surely no one [website] accepts paths.
>
> Some providers of shared hosting give each user the same uid and
> restrict them to their own directories via open_basedir. This breaks
> that mechanism (again).
>
>                Joachim
>
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