Install and enable SuPHP on Plesk 9.x.x

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LaagsteHoogste 

Geschreven door Administrator | 04 februari 2009

This howto will help you to configure SuPHP on your Plesk 9.x.x server running Debian 4

Install the SuPHP Package

1. Update the APT system
   apt-get update
2. Install the SuPHP package from the APT sources
   apt-get install libapache2-mod-suphp

Change the config file so SuPHP will not affect all scripts (like webmail)

1. Edit the config file
   nano -w /etc/apache2/mods-available/suphp.conf
2. Change the first lines of the config file from this:
   AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5 .phtml
   suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php
   suPHP_Engine on
   
   To this (comment out!):
   #       AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5 .phtml
   #       suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php
   #       suPHP_Engine on
3. Save the file and exit Nano
4. Restart Apache
   /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

If you check the /etc/suphp/suphp.conf file, you'll discover that SuPHP is configured by default to act for the complete /var/www folder. The Plesk VHosts are in the /var/www/vhosts folder, and we need to have SuPHP only to act for this folder.

Create a new config file for Apache module SuPHP

1. Create the file
   touch /etc/apache2/conf.d/zzz_su_php.conf
2. Edit the file
   nano -w /etc/apache2/conf.d/zzz_su_php.conf
3. Fil the file with the correct content
   
          
                   AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5 .phtml
                   suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php
                   suPHP_Engine on
          
   
4. Save the file and exit Nano

Edit the apache2 config file to load the module correctly

1. Edit the file
   nano -w /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
2. Add the following lines at the BOTTOM of the config file
   php_admin_flag engine on
   suPHP_Engine On
   AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .php5 .phtml
   suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php
3. Restart Apache
   /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

How to check SuPHP is working

1. Create a file in a websites HTTPDOCS called "file.php" and fill with the following lines
   $f = fopen ("test.txt", "a");
fputs($f, "it's working !");
fclose($f);
?>
2. Run the script from a webbrowser and check the permissions on the file "test.txt" with SSH, the owner should be the user owning the domain.

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