How to install/configure suPHP on a RHEL 5.2 with Plesk 8.6

[netaffairs]

Hello,

For the last days i'm trying to get suPHP to work on my server with RHEL 5.2 and Plesk 8.6. I installed the rpm mod_suphp-0.6.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm and configured the suphp.conf:
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/etc/suphp.conf:
[global]
logfile=/var/log/httpd/suphp_log
loglevel=info
webserver_user=apache
docroot=/var/www/vhosts
env_path=/bin:/usr/bin
umask=0077
min_uid=500
min_gid=500

; Security options
allow_file_group_writeable=false
allow_file_others_writeable=false
allow_directory_group_writeable=false
allow_directory_others_writeable=false

;Check wheter script is within DOCUMENT_ROOT
check_vhost_docroot=true

;Send minor error messages to browser
errors_to_browser=true

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
x-httpd-php=php:/usr/bin/php

;Handler for CGI-scripts
x-suphp-cgi=execute:!self
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/etc/httpd/conf.d/suphp.conf:
# This is the Apache server configuration file providing suPHP support.
# It contains the configuration directives to instruct the server how to
# serve php pages while switching to the user context before rendering.

LoadModule suphp_module modules/mod_suphp.so

# This option tells mod_suphp if a PHP-script requested on this server (or
# VirtualHost) should be run with the PHP-interpreter or returned to the
# browser "as it is".
suPHP_Engine on

# Disable php when suphp is used, to avoid having both.
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
</IfModule>

# To use suPHP to parse PHP-Files
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .php5 .phtml

# This option tells mod_suphp which path to pass on to the PHP-interpreter
# (by setting the PHPRC environment variable).
# Do *NOT* refer to a file but to the directory the file resides in.
#
# E.g.: If you want to use "/path/to/server/config/php.ini", use "suPHP_Config
# /path/to/server/config".
#
# If you don't use this option, PHP will use its compiled in default path.
suPHP_ConfigPath /etc

# If you compiled suphp with setid-mode "force" or "paranoid", you can
# specify the user- and groupname to run PHP-scripts with.
# Example: suPHP_UserGroup foouser bargroup
# suPHP_UserGroup apache apache psaserv
suPHP_UserGroup logopediestart psacln

# This option tells mod_suphp to handle requests with the type <mime-type>.
# Please note this only works, if an action for the handler is specified
# in the suPHP configuration file.
suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php

# This option tells mod_suphp to NOT handle requests with the type <mime-type>.
# suPHP_RemoveHandler <mime-type>
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I edited the httpd.conf and added the line:
LoadModule suphp_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_suphp.so

I rebooted the server but i still get a 500 internal server error. In the error log i see:
Premature end of script headers: index.php

I hope someone can help me out.

Kind Regards,
Wim

 

[xixi]

Welcome

I have similar problem. You need to use php-cgi, not default php-cli so in your /etc/suphp.conf just change:
x-httpd-php=php:/usr/bin/php
to:
x-httpd-php=php:/usr/bin/php-cgi

 

[lvalics]

You can read my tutorial http://www.grafxsoftware.com/faq.php/HOW-TO-Setup-a-PLESK-Dedicated-Server/1/4/

 

[Nicola Agnelli]

lvalics,
'ive read your tutorial, but i'm not able to get suphp up and running .. i always get:

500 Internal server Error
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

I'm on CentOS 5.2 .. what can i check ? How can i solve this ?

Thank you so much

 

[lvalics]

I think in /etc/suphp.conf you missed to change the line

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
php5-script=php:/usr/bin/php-cgi

 

[Nicola Agnelli]

no it's correct, this is my suphp.conf

cat /etc/suphp.conf
[global]
logfile=/var/log/httpd/suphp_log
loglevel=warn
webserver_user=apache
docroot=/
env_path=/bin:/usr/bin
umask=0022
min_uid=500
min_gid=500

; Security options
allow_file_group_writeable=false
allow_file_others_writeable=false
allow_directory_group_writeable=false
allow_directory_others_writeable=false

;Check wheter script is within DOCUMENT_ROOT
check_vhost_docroot=true

;Send minor error messages to browser
errors_to_browser=false

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
x-httpd-php=php:/usr/bin/php-cgi

;Handler for CGI-scripts
x-suphp-cgi=execute:!self

 

[lvalics]

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
php5-script=php:/usr/bin/php-cgi

 

[Nicola Agnelli]

sorry, my /etc/suphp.conf now:

[global]
logfile=/var/log/httpd/suphp_log
loglevel=warn
webserver_user=apache
docroot=/
env_path=/bin:/usr/bin
umask=0022
min_uid=500
min_gid=500

; Security options
allow_file_group_writeable=false
allow_file_others_writeable=false
allow_directory_group_writeable=false
allow_directory_others_writeable=false

;Check wheter script is within DOCUMENT_ROOT
check_vhost_docroot=true

;Send minor error messages to browser
errors_to_browser=false

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
php5-script=php:/usr/bin/php-cgi

;Handler for CGI-scripts
x-suphp-cgi=execute:!self


but i'm still having the same problem...

 

[MickP]

Check your config file.
Replace

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
x-httpd-php=php:/usr/bin/php-cgi

with

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
x-httpd-php="php:/usr/bin/php-cgi"

Notice the addition of the " double quote marks.
That fixed it for me on Centos 5.3 with php 5
Hope that helps.

Mick
_lunix_

 

[lvalics]

For PHP5 you need

[handlers]
;Handler for php-scripts
php5-script=php:/usr/bin/php-cgi

Check your error log for errors.