From: Arno H. <aho...@xm...> - 2001-02-08 08:31:18
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> On machines where httpd runs as 'nobody' (or similar), admin.php must > be world readable. This allows anyone with an account on the machine > access to the username and password in admin.php (same problem for > the sql password in config.inc). Solution for admin.php: stored an md5() hash and not the user and/or=20 password itself. I can't think of a solution for config.php. This is actually much more serious then the admin password. Don't fix admin.php until you found a fix for config.php -- gives a false= =20 sense of security. /Arno |