fix account_type

[friendica.git] / INSTALL.txt

diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
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--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ php.ini file [or see 'poormancron' in section 8]
 directory/path component in the URL) is preferred. This is REQUIRED if
 you wish to communicate with the Diaspora network.
 
+
+       - For alternative server configurations (such as Nginx server and MariaDB 
+       database engine), refer to the wiki at https://github.com/friendica/friendica/wiki
+
 2. Unpack the Friendica files into the root of your web server document area.
 
        - If you copy the directory tree to your webserver, make sure
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ you wish to communicate with the Diaspora network.
 3. Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username, 
 password, database name).
 
+    - Friendica needs the permission to create and delete fields and tables in its own database.
+
 
 4. If you know in advance that it will be impossible for the web server to 
 write or create files in your web directory, create an empty file called 
@@ -222,3 +228,50 @@ Retry the installation. As soon as the database has been created,
 
 % chmod 755 .htconfig.php
 
+#####################################################################
+- Some configurations with "suhosin" security are configured without
+an ability to run external processes. Friendica requires this ability.
+Following are some notes provided by one of our members.
+#####################################################################
+
+On my server I use the php protection system Suhosin
+[http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/]. One of the things it does is to block
+certain functions like proc_open, as configured in /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini:
+
+ suhosin.executor.func.blacklist = proc_open, ...
+
+For those sites like Friendica that really need these functions they can be
+enabled, e.g. in /etc/apache2/sites-available/friendica:
+
+ <Directory /var/www/friendica/>
+  php_admin_value suhosin.executor.func.blacklist none
+  php_admin_value suhosin.executor.eval.blacklist none
+ </Directory>
+
+This enables every function for Friendica if accessed via browser, but not for
+the cronjob that is called via php command line. I attempted to enable it for
+cron by using something like
+
+ */10 * * * * cd /var/www/friendica/friendica/ && sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php
+-d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none -d suhosin.executor.eval.blacklist=none
+-f include/poller.php
+
+This worked well for simple test cases, but the friendica-cron still failed with
+a fatal error:
+suhosin[22962]: ALERT - function within blacklist called: proc_open() (attacker
+'REMOTE_ADDR not set', file '/var/www/friendica/friendica/boot.php', line 1341)
+
+After a while I noticed, that include/poller.php calls further php script via
+proc_open. These scripts themselves also use proc_open and fail, because they
+are NOT called with -d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none.
+
+So the simple solution is to put the correct parameters into .htconfig.php:
+ // Location of PHP command line processor
+ $a->config['php_path'] = '/usr/bin/php -d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none
+-d suhosin.executor.eval.blacklist=none';
+
+
+This is obvious as soon as you notice that the friendica-cron uses proc_open to
+execute php-scripts that also use proc_open, but it took me quite some time to
+find that out. I hope this saves some time for other people using suhosin with
+function blacklists.