Comments on: .htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:38:17 +0000

On cpanel server for public_html folder ownership should be username.nobody and permission should be 750
For any other directories and files permission depends on exact type of the server but generally it is 755 for folder and 644 for files.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:14:04 +0000

If you are using a cPanel account make sure your public_html folder has “nobody” as the group.

susEXEC makes Apache very strict about ownership! Its happened to me on more than one occasion where the public_html folder can inexplicably change its group ownership to match that of the user and cause the site to go down with Permission 13 errors seemingly related to an unreadable .htaccess file.

By: aED

aED — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:16:36 +0000

Thanks. Ive been working on this error for hours trying everything. And this did the trick I just used this on public_html and everything is now working

chmod 755 -R public_html

By: Alex P

Alex P — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:03:04 +0000

Hello Jerry,

In PHP suphp environment you will have to create copy the system php.in under that particular client document root. then search disable_functions option in php.ini file and add php function which you want to disable it for particular account.

here example

disable_functions =”shell_exec,system,passthru,exec,popen,proc_close,proc_get_status,proc_nice,
proc_open,proc_terminate,highlight_file,escapeshellcmd,define_syslog_variables,
posix_uname,posix_getpwuid,apache_child_terminate,posix_kill,
posix_mkfifo,posix_setpgid,posix_setsid,posix_setuid,escapeshellarg,posix_uname,
ftp_exec,ftp_connect,ftp_login,ftp_get,ftp_put,ftp_nb_fput,ftp_raw,
tp_rawlist,ini_alter,ini_restore,inject_code,syslog,openlog,
define_syslog_variables,apache_setenv,mysql_pconnect “

By: Reed

Reed — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:21:20 +0000

Thank you. You’re suggestions worked for me.

By: nisamudeen

nisamudeen — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:32:57 +0000

Hello,

Please ensure /public_html/ directory group user is nobody
Fix it using command chown “username”:nobody /public_html

By: jens

jens — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:29:25 +0000

I have already use your tips and worked ! But now I have face this problem again and this tips not work

Arthur : i continue having this problem even after i did like You said!!!!! This issue is driving me crazy!!!! Any help apriciated! Thanks alot!!!!!

Same here

By: adams

adams — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:51:13 +0000

Tanks !……..

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:25:53 +0000

i continue having this problem even after i did like You said!!!!! This issue is driving me crazy!!!! Any help apriciated!
Thanks alot!!!!!