I am having trouble getting my blog working on my Dreamhost account. I got it for free, so I need to get it working here. I installed S9Y before, but I'm getting errors, regarding open_basedir restrictions. Here is what Dreamhost said:
Does anyone know a way to get it working? If not, I may have to switch blog programs, but I don't want to because S9Y works SO well!open_basedir Restrictions in effect, file is in wrong directory
Then you've written a script that doesn't quite conform to our security standards.
We implement strict security for PHP scripts run by Apache, because otherwise, none of our users would be able to sufficiently secure sensitive information (like Database passwords)!
Because PHP normally runs as part of Apache, it runs as Apache's user and group. This differs from CGI scripts, which, because they run as a separate process outside Apache, run as the owner's user and group.
To protect your PHP scripts, we've disallowed all PHP functions that would let one user possibly open another user's script (and see sensitive stuff like passwords).
Thanks,
Robert