Trying to run Moodle in safe mode

Re: Safe mode and files

by Dick Davies -
Number of replies: 7

Well at last I am making progress!

I have found a way in safe mode php to make a folder which is usable - but it is a little flakey!What I've done is first of all make my uploads folder inside the moodle folder tree - then I have rewritten moodle/files/index.php so that the "mkdir" action calls /moodle/lib/moodlelib.php to make folders (to save doing work twice)

I've put some extra variables in config.php including a safe mode flag I've replaced the make_upload_directory() with code that uses ftp_mkdir()

The great thing about ftp is that when you log in to your own machine you can chose the username - provided you have the password - so folders are made with the correct ownership. Everything else (upload/delete) seems to work fine. The only problem is re-parenting all of the folder paths to adjust for the ftp home folder.

I'm wondering if it is worth putting such a switch in the released version config.php to enable the safe mode workaround.  Then the make_upload_directory() function could contain "normal" and "safe via ftp" code, the other change would be to moodle/files/index.php so that it calls make_upload_directory()

I'm happy to submit my code, but I'm not a developer so it probably needs a good seeing to.

 

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Re: Safe mode and files

by Martin Dougiamas -
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Using FTP to make the directories! Now that's thinking outside the box! Well done!

As you've noticed the files/index.php script does everything itself - that's a hangover from an ancient time when I thought I'd release it as a standalone script. Much better that it uses the standard functions, yes.

I'll try and get this all into 1.0.9 - looks like it would help quite a few people.
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Re: Safe mode and files

by Dick Davies -

Oops

Just realised that moodle/user/lib.php also has a mkdir() so I've changed that too - attached.

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Re: Safe mode and files

by Frank Riddick -

When I upload your files, now I get an error when attempt to access the Admin hyperlink.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: ini_get_bool() in /home/virtual/site57/fst/var/www/html/educ/admin/index.php on line 26

I have at least traced it down to the file (/lib/moodlelib.php).  All three of the other files:

/config.php

/files/index.php

/user/lib.php

can be uploaded without producing the error.

Any ideas ?

 

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Re: Safe mode and files

by Dick Davies -

I've already apologised to Frank directly that I haven't got time to look into his problem - maybe he is using a different version.

Looking forward to 1.1

(No pressure!!!!)smiley.gif

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