vhosts.conf

[bananarama]

Hi, i'm new in this so please be so kind if you help me to detail the solution step by step thx !

i have a guy installing a php script for user/pass control
on my dedicated server with a couple of my sites on it

here is the problem he emailed me:

Hi:

Problem is that the PHP files in the /httpdocs/login/ directory cannot
access files in the /cgi-bin/. This appears to be due to open_basedir
restrictions in the PHP configuration. Client reconfigured PHP (php.ini) by
changing:

/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs:/tmp/

to:

/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com:/tmp/

(and restarted the web server)

This changed the Master Value of open_basedir to what we need (as can be
seen here: http://mydomain.com/login/phpinfo.php). But, we also need
to change the Local Value of open_basedir from:

/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs:/tmp/

to:

/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com:/tmp/

I believe the solution is to edit (or create if it does not exist) AND IT DOESN'T I can't find it
vhosts.conf to define open_basedir as :

/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com:/tmp/




Is this correct and if yes how do i create that last vhosts.conf ?
is it just a text file I rename and drop with WinSCP ?
what should be in it ?

thx