Open_basedir problem

[macmonkey]

I'm on a Linux virtual dedicated host and I'm trying to install {smarty} and I'm putting the files in a special folder out of the "web path"

/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/smarty/

(The web path is)
/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/

When I install {smarty} exactly according to the install guide at http://smarty.php.net/ I get an open_basedir restriction.

In my php_info() there is a local value set for open_basedir noting that a :/tmp file is intended to be used to work w/ php inside my httpdocs directory.

Is there anything I can do to ALSO allow php access to the /smarty/ directory.

I've tried chmod to 777 (just to test) and set the owner and group names to public.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
JW

[planetsim]

Ive never installed Smarty so I probably wont answer it the way you want. However openbase_dir basically enforces you not to allow file includes using PHP or opening of any file in a directory below the one set.

So if its /home/uname/public_html you couldnt open a file in /home/uname called test.php. If the server is set up correctly you really shouldn't require this. You should be able to open the php.ini and comment it out and restart the server.