Greg Benedict

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Tag: apache

Mongrel Security Alert

Make sure you install the latest 1.0.x or 1.1.x release of Mongrel. There is a security hole in the DirHandler that allows read access to the file system. sudo gem install mongrel You should be running at least 1.05 or 1.1.3. Per Zed and others on the mailing list, here are the details: 1) If [...]

Enabling PHP5 on OS X 10.5 Leopard

Leopard (OS X 10.5) ships with PHP 5.2.4 (cli) installed along side Apache 2.2.6. However, it’s disabled by default. Here’s how to enable it. Open Terminal and choose your editor (vi, pico or other) and edit the following (sudo required!): /etc/apache2/httpd.conf Then search for the word php.It will find the line LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so. Uncomment [...]