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Php exposes root password in clear text
HI All, I apologize - I don't know where this post belongs. I installed php5.3 from readynasextras in order to install owncloud. In the process, since I had screwed around with stuff, I pulled a ph...
First, I recommend admin and root have separate passwords.
As long as you have PHP files under a http/https path that requires auth, those values will likely be available to be read. If you use the HTTP setting for a read-only share to serve pages, it should not show up; if it does, scary indeed.
There may be a php.ini setting to exclude those somehow also.
As long as you have PHP files under a http/https path that requires auth, those values will likely be available to be read. If you use the HTTP setting for a read-only share to serve pages, it should not show up; if it does, scary indeed.
There may be a php.ini setting to exclude those somehow also.
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