QUOTE(swordz @ Oct 16 2008, 11:06 PM)

No - it introduces too many vulnerabilities.
Anything that register_globals enables can be worked around. As Bread said, it's just lazy coding. If it's your script, redo it. If it's not, complain.
swordz
I found a patch that consisted of 3 files so register_globals can be off. Here is what I did and the error message any help would be appreciated.
I deleted everything on the server and did a fresh upload. I add the 3 files in the patch so the register_globals didn't have to be on. Most servers won't allow this because it has a security hole. I changed all the files that the instructions said need the cmod set to 777. Here is the error I get on the creating config files part of the installation. The first 2 parts of the install go ok. Anyone have an idea how to fix this?
Philip
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I bought a copy of the v 2.51 gpl script and when I went to install it on the hosting server I found out they don't all Register_globals to be turned on because it's a big security hole. In searching for fix I came across the one on this website that will fix the problem so Register_globals can be turned off and the script will still work. I downloaded the file and it contained 3 files. I uploaded them to the server where the files with the same name are and I'm still getting errors during the install. Not sure what to do now? Here is the error I get during install.
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Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for config.inc.tmp in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 46
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Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 46
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Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 48
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Warning: fopen(config.inc.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 63
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Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 67
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Warning: fopen(passwd.inc.tmp) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 71
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Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for passwd.inc.tmp in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 73
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Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 73
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Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 75
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Warning: fopen(passwd.inc.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 87
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Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/a5971991/public_html/admin/install4.php on line 91
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Installation
System Check
MySQL
Settings
Creating conf. files
Creating DB
Processing configuration files
Settings written to includes/config.inc.php
MySQL settings written to includes/passwd.inc.php