Re: [Tiki-devel] PHP module problem with 27.1 - RE: Tiki-27.1 Release

Yet more on this  ………………

 

So, I tracked another ‘check’ in /lib/setup/tikisetup.class.php at lines49-55   – so I commented these out as well and now – more checking to do!! – but it seems to be running

 

Googling around it looks like lots of hosters routinely disable this posix function so something obviously needs to be done about this !

 

Cheers

 

Geoff

 

 

 

From: Geoff - Enmore Services <[email protected]> 
Sent: 03 December 2024 09:11
To: 'Tiki developers' <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Tiki-devel] PHP module problem with 27.1 - RE: Tiki-27.1 Release

 

More on this ……..

 

Looking at /installer/installlib.php the ‘offending code is at lines 171-177 and is a check on whether 'posix_getuid' exists – so for some reason my hoster’s system is obviously giving a false positive to this test (or the if check is not correct in some way?)– so as a hack I simply commented out these lines and re-ran tiki-install.php.

 

This then ran OK, completing the db update (100 queries completed) but at the last ‘continue’ step it just produced a blank white screen – so something is still not right.

 

Suggestions please!

 

Geoff

 

From: Geoff - Enmore Services <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 
Sent: 02 December 2024 21:55
To: 'Tiki developers' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: [Tiki-devel] PHP module problem with 27.1 - RE: Tiki-27.1 Release

 

Hi all – I’ve just tried to do an upgrade from 24.6 to 27.1 and I’ve hit what is a significant problem (at least for me!).

 

When running the installer (using php8.3) I get a fatal error as shown below (blah blah used to change the detailed paths)

 

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function posix_getpwuid() in

/blah blah/installer/installlib.php:172 Stack trace: #0

/ blah blah /installer/tiki-installer.php(244): get_webserver_uid() #1

/ blah blah /tiki-install.php(132): include_once(' blah blah /...') #2 {main} thrown in / blah blah /installer/installlib.php on line 172

 

These days I run my public stuff on a cheap and cheerful UK based hoster, so I reached out to them to see how I could add the needed posix module to their php8.3 but sadly they have come back to me saying:

“All the PHP modules we allow are enabled by default so there is no option to select modules within cPanel. The module "posix_getpwuid" is actually in our disabled list for security reasons ………………..”

 

This is obviously a big problem for me as I really don’t want to figure out another hoster BUT I’m wondering:

- why this posix module has been introduced?

- how extensive is its use in 27.1?

- is it really a security concern?

- is there an obvious alternative/work around

 

Any/all thoughts really appreciated

 

Thanks

 

Geoff

 

 

From: Rodriguez Nyiringabo <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 
Sent: 23 November 2024 16:51
To: Tiki developers <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [Tiki-devel] Tiki-27.1 Release

 

Dear Devs,

 

We've released Tiki-27.1.

Tarballs are here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki/files/Tiki_27.x_Miaplacidus/27.1/

 

Best regards, 

Rodriguez Nyiringabo

 

Le sam. 23 nov. 2024 à 16:47, Rodriguez Nyiringabo <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > a écrit :

Dear Devs,

 

We're releasing Tiki 27.1 right now. 

 

Please don't commit/merge to branch 27.x until we are done.

 

Thanks!

Rodriguez Nyiringabo

 


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