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drankur · 10-09-2010, 11:11 AM

my web hosting said that it is running php in safe mode, will mybb run on it?/ specially they have disabled basecode64

Nathan Malcolm · 10-09-2010, 11:12 AM

MyBB will run fine with safe_mode on.

drankur · (This post was last modified: 10-09-2010 11:24 AM by drankur.)

and what about disabled basecode64 function?? (as phpbb3 was giving debug error on it)

the exact list of diabled functions are:

Disabled Functions: show_source, system, shell_exec, passthru, exec, phpinfo, popen, proc_open, base64_decode, base64_encodem, proc_terminate, proc_get_status, proc_close, proc_nice

can myBB run on this server

Nathan Malcolm · 10-09-2010, 11:25 AM

(10-09-2010 11:18 AM)drankur Wrote: can myBB run on this server

Yes.

drankur · (This post was last modified: 10-09-2010 01:10 PM by drankur.)

just got an error:
Type: 2
File: task.php (Line no. 59)
Message
base64_decode() has been disabled for security reasons.........

means no task will run??

also when i am clicking on edit this user in ACP, i am getting the following errior:
Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /forum/XXXXXXX/index.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

**MattRogowski** · 10-09-2010, 06:06 PM

What's the full URL you're on when you get the forbidden error??

I don't know why they'd want to disable base64 functions...

drankur · (This post was last modified: 10-10-2010 05:04 AM by drankur.)

this is the url where i am getting the forbidden error:

Code:

http://xxxxxxxxx.com/forum/admin/index.php?module=user/users&action=edit&uid=99

don't know but they have disabled the above mentioned function, this is one of the reasons i have to shifted to MyBB from phpbb3 as it was full of errors.(they told that it is for security reasons)

also i am getting this error almost every 2 hours:

Type: 2
File: task.php (Line no. 59)
Message
base64_decode() has been disabled for security reasons

what is this running, any imp task??

**- G33K -** · 10-10-2010, 05:27 AM

Talk to your host to see if they can enable this function for you. It is absurd for them to disable this as I am not aware of any security risks associated with this function. The problem with them disabling this for you is that there is no replacement function (that I know of) that you can use instead of base64_decode()

If they can't then its time to move hosts.

drankur · 10-10-2010, 09:03 AM

till the matter is solved please answer my 2 questions:

1. i am getting this error evry 2 hour:
Type: 2
File: task.php (Line no. 59)
Message
base64_decode() has been disabled for security reasons

what does this doing?/ why getting error? what is in line59?/

2. do i have to disable all tasks in task manager due to disabling of base64_decode()
means no task will run now automatically??

~~Shukaku~~ · 10-10-2010, 09:36 AM

1) task.php can't run because it's trying to use base64_decode(), which is turned off.
2) No, you will just have to get a new host.

To your point above: Your host has mod_security enabled, but if you're running MyBB 1.6, you shouldn't even get these errors. What version do you run??