(bug 23021) Mediawiki should not warn if the sesion path is not writable and should...

diff --git a/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php b/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php
index 44c5b52..95e1f81 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php
+++ b/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php
@@ -207,7 +207,11 @@ class WebInstaller extends Installer {
        function startSession() {
                $sessPath = $this->getSessionSavePath();
                if( $sessPath != '' ) {
-                       if( !is_dir( $sessPath ) || !is_writeable( $sessPath ) ) {
+                       if( strval( ini_get( 'open_basedir' ) ) != '' ) {
+                               // we need to skip the following check when open_basedir is on.
+                               // The session path probably *wont* be writable by the current
+                               // user, and telling them to change it is bad. Bug 23021.
+                       } elseif( !is_dir( $sessPath ) || !is_writeable( $sessPath ) ) {
                                $this->showError( 'config-session-path-bad', $sessPath );
                                return false;
                        }