[Typo3-linux] Problem re: "disable_functions: exec "

[Michael Stucki]

Hi Rodrigo,

> I am trying to install typo on a hosted server.  phpinfo() shows:
> "disable_functions: exec,  system, shell_exec...", which causes an error
> of the type : "Warning: exec() has been disabled for security reasons
> in...", and Image Magick doesn't work.
> Is there a workaround for this? I understand I can disable exec()-based
> functions, but I don't want to give up IM functions. Is there another
> image-manipulation application I can use instead of IM that doesn't rely
> on exec()?
> The server is Apache/2.0.54 Fedora, Typo 3.7, PHP 5.0.4.

Ask your administrator to put ImageMagick into safe_mode_exec_dir (see PHP
documentation).

A guy once made a little patch for making TYPO3 work with GD only instead of
GD and IM. If you don't find it on the net, I can send you a copy of it.
But I must admit I've never tried it out.

- michael
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