open_basedir restriction although it's set correctly

[fanatique]

hello everybody,

i've got a problem that drives me nuts. trying to exceute mkdir() returns the following error message:
Warning: mkdir(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/virtual/xxx/dev/htdocs/osp/output/brbr)
is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/virtual/xxx/dev/:/usr/share/php/:/tmp/:/var/www/virtual/xxx/dev/htdocs/osp/output/)
in /home/virtual/xxx/dev/htdocs/brbr.php on line 2

the strange thing is that both the php file and the directory i'm trying to create are within that path.

any hint or idea would be highly appreciated! thank you.

some additional facts:
it's my own dedicated server running php 4.3, apache 2, vhcs 2.4 (software for administration).

phpinfo() returns the right paths as open_basedir

the folder virtual is placed in /home. /var/www/virtual is nothing but a SymLink. the FollowSymLink option is activated for the VirtualHost and it's working fine as other scripts are running perfectly.

[Big 'G']

CHMOD Maybe

[fanatique]

that's a good one but i really tried everything.

chmod 777 -R osp/
chown -R www-data osp/
chgrp -R www-data osp/

[n0other]

Hi. From the manual:

When a script tries to open a file with, for example, fopen() or gzopen(), the location of the
file is checked. When the file is outside the specified directory-tree,
PHP will refuse to open it. All symbolic links are resolved,
so it's not possible to avoid this restriction with a symlink.


http://lt.php.net/features.safe-mode

Good luck.

[fanatique]

your quote sounds really interesting. the link suggests that it describes the behaviour when safe_mode is on and i switched it off - for test purposes.

php_admin_flag safe_mode Off