Yes, I supposed there could be that eventuality...

I supposed or hoped that wasn't a valid path.
>     /usr/local/apache/htdocs/../../../../etc/passwd as path..

I'm not very practice of paths... actually






> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Steve Werby wrote:
>
> > "Jon Haworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Yes, I would have thought this would do it:
> > >
> > > if (strstr($file, "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/") {
> > > show_source($file);
> [..]
> > Something along those lines will work.  Without some kind of limitations
> > built in, the page will be able to load any file that's world-readable
so
> > it's a good idea to limit access to certain directories or hardcode the
> > directory you want to give access to.
>
>     Imagine someone passing in
>     /usr/local/apache/htdocs/../../../../etc/passwd as path..
>
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