[RESOLVED] open_basedir puzzle

[Hatchmo]

I am getting an open_basedir error when I believe I should not be.

send_backup.php mails backup-test.gz as an attachment.

This works just fine when backup-test.gz is in the directory

/mydomain.com/lib/

It fails when backup-test.gz is in the directory

/mydomain.com/bkp/

The error is this:
PHP Warning: fopen(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/bkp/backup-test.gz) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/lib) in /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/lib/send_backup.php on line 12

However, ini_get('open_basedir') reports the following:

/tmp:/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs:/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/lib:/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/bkp

Clearly, the directory /bkp/ is in open_basedir. The script send_backup.php can located anywhere, and it works, so long as the target file is in /lib/.
Both files have identical owner:group and permissions.
Any ideas ?

[NogDog]

Is the "bkp" directory by any chance a symbolic link?

[Hatchmo]

No, it's not a symbolic link.
But someone else suggested steps to track down the problem by reminding me that there are 5 different config files and statements that affect open_basedir on a Plesk system. I stepped through them one by one until I discovered a lone file in /etc/php.d/ that was causing the problem.

[NogDog]

Glad you found the solution.

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