Add a mod_suphp in your linux + plesk server

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I use in this time a Linux Fedora Core and Plesk 8.4 and i add a mod_suphp on my linux servers.

For use a mod_suphp in your server read this how to step by spep.

1) Install a SuPHP Module with YUM

yum install mod_suphp

2) Edit your configuration files for active a mod_suphp. The file are 3

- /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
- /etc/httpd/conf.d/mod_suphp.conf
- /etc/suphp.conf

In the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf clean your file and insert this config

#
# PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language which attempts to make it
# easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages.
#

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

#
# Cause the PHP interpreter to handle files with a .php extension.
#
AddHandler php5-script .php
AddType text/html .php

#
# Add index.php to the list of files that will be served as directory
# indexes.
#
DirectoryIndex index.php

#
# Uncomment the following line to allow PHP to pretty-print .phps
# files as PHP source code:
#
#AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

In the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/mod_suphp.conf clean your file and insert this config

# 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


### Uncomment to activate mod_suphp
suPHP_AddHandler php5-script
#AddHandler x-httpd-php .php

# 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


# 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 resists 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

In your /etc/suphp.conf clean and insert this configuration

[global]
;Path to logfile
logfile=/var/log/suphp.log

;Loglevel
loglevel=info

;User Apache is running as
webserver_user=apache

;Path all scripts have to be in
docroot=/

;Path to chroot() to before executing script
;chroot=/mychroot

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

;Check wheter script is within DOCUMENT_ROOT
check_vhost_docroot=false

;Send minor error messages to browser
errors_to_browser=true

;PATH environment variable
env_path=/bin:/usr/bin

;Umask to set, specify in octal notation
;umask=0077
umask=0022

; Minimum UID
min_uid=0

; Minimum GID
min_gid=0

; Use correct permissions for mod_userdir sites
handle_userdir=true

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

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

Okay the mod_suphp is config to work, but in this moment you have a some problem why your webmail (HORDE) not work on suPHP mode. For solve this problem you cant add a new config file in the /etc/httpd/conf.d i have create a suphpexclude.conf and into file inser the virtual host of your webmail and in the configuration insert this suPHP_Engine Off

<VirtualHost \
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 \
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 \
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 \
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 \
>
DocumentRoot /usr/share/psa-horde/
Alias /horde/ /usr/share/psa-horde/
Alias /imp/ /usr/share/psa-horde/imp/
ServerName webmail
ServerAlias webmail.*
UseCanonicalName Off
suPHP_Engine Off
<Directory /usr/share/psa-horde>