my internet host (1 and 1) does not allow root access (no telnet, no ssh, nada).
however i have found with php that i can browse the filesystem to the root, write to a number of directories outside the web root (this will be useful for storing include files) and, most interestingly, can use shellexec to run scripts. for example i have been able to decompress and compile sqlite through shellexec. for some reason i have not had the same luck with apt-get.
the above is largely an aside although it may provide a workaround for people with a similar need for running server side shell scripts.
the problem i have is that the host's installation of php5 does not include sqlite. this is, i suppose, a pricing issue although they are dressing it up as a "security" problem (no reasons given). I can use dl() to load a dynamic shared object but i can't get hold of a copy of the php sqlite shared object that is compiled with the right gnulib. the so available from sqlite.org is compiled with a later lib .
so: if anyone has a copy of the object that they could let me have (something compiled on debian or other flavour with GNU libc 2.2.5 would be perfect), please post back on this forum.
fyi: i have no linux boxes at home to try compiling this myself. my experiments doing remote compiles of php have not been fully successful. not sure why and without terminal access it's a bit difficult. i have tried using a live cd to boot into a linux environment but i can't get any of them to work with my external cd rom drives.
thanks
Justin
however i have found with php that i can browse the filesystem to the root, write to a number of directories outside the web root (this will be useful for storing include files) and, most interestingly, can use shellexec to run scripts. for example i have been able to decompress and compile sqlite through shellexec. for some reason i have not had the same luck with apt-get.
the above is largely an aside although it may provide a workaround for people with a similar need for running server side shell scripts.
the problem i have is that the host's installation of php5 does not include sqlite. this is, i suppose, a pricing issue although they are dressing it up as a "security" problem (no reasons given). I can use dl() to load a dynamic shared object but i can't get hold of a copy of the php sqlite shared object that is compiled with the right gnulib. the so available from sqlite.org is compiled with a later lib .
so: if anyone has a copy of the object that they could let me have (something compiled on debian or other flavour with GNU libc 2.2.5 would be perfect), please post back on this forum.
fyi: i have no linux boxes at home to try compiling this myself. my experiments doing remote compiles of php have not been fully successful. not sure why and without terminal access it's a bit difficult. i have tried using a live cd to boot into a linux environment but i can't get any of them to work with my external cd rom drives.
thanks
Justin
