I want to put my home server online for private use (using Xammp), so i need to put safe mode on (my OS is Windows XP)
So i changed the congif of php.ini in the php folder located in xampp to this:
Safe Mode
;
safe_mode = On
; By default, Safe Mode does a UID compare check when
; opening files. If you want to relax this to a GID compare,
; then turn on safe_mode_gid.
safe_mode_gid = On
; When safe_mode is on, UID/GID checks are bypassed when
; including files from this directory and its subdirectories.
; (directory must also be in include_path or full path must
; be used when including)
safe_mode_include_dir =
; When safe_mode is on, only executables located in the safe_mode_exec_dir
; will be allowed to be executed via the exec family of functions.
safe_mode_exec_dir =
; Setting certain environment variables may be a potential security breach.
; This directive contains a comma-delimited list of prefixes. In Safe Mode,
; the user may only alter environment variables whose names begin with the
; prefixes supplied here. By default, users will only be able to set
; environment variables that begin with PHP_ (e.g. PHP_FOO=BAR).
;
; Note: If this directive is empty, PHP will let the user modify ANY
; environment variable!
safe_mode_allowed_env_vars = PHP_
; This directive contains a comma-delimited list of environment variables that
; the end user won't be able to change using putenv(). These variables will be
; protected even if safe_mode_allowed_env_vars is set to allow to change them.
safe_mode_protected_env_vars = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
But i still get PHP is NOT running in "safe mode", now i don't wanna put my server online before this happens can anyone tell me how to correct this error i have googled it but it has not helped
Also please suggest any other security measures/ configurations that i should take/change before putting it online