phproxy problem

Since switching some of my proxy sites to phproxy my server is filling up with core.12345 files (with each file having a different number)

Each file is around 50MB and with a few hundred of those on each account the server is filling up quickly. Deleting them doesn't seem to do any harm, but is there any way to prevent them from being created in the first place? Or maybe they can be auto-deleted when no longer used...

I know some people here are familiar with phproxy, do you see the same files created on your server or is this not related to phproxy?

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I have to use this script for a long time, so I don't really know.

Does your script has any fopen() argument?

No I can't find any fopen() in the script, I also don't see any reference to core.#### in the script, but these files are only showing up in my hosting accounts that use phproxy.

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Looks like a security whole. First check if you have the latest version of the script, then check if there is any eval() and BTW what do those files contain?

Maybe it is just a place that your host uses to keep logs from apache or from awstats.

oh wait there is a fopen():

Code:

<?php
           foreach ($array as $key => $file_info)
            {
                $_post_body .= "--{$_data_boundary}\r\n";
                $_post_body .= "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"$key\"; filename=\"{$file_info['name']}\"\r\n";
                $_post_body .= 'Content-Type: ' . (empty($file_info['type']) ? 'application/octet-stream' : $file_info['type']) . "\r\n\r\n";
    
                if (is_readable($file_info['tmp_name']))
                {
                    $handle = fopen($file_info['tmp_name'], 'rb');
                    $_post_body .= fread($handle, filesize($file_info['tmp_name']));
                    fclose($handle);
                }
                
                $_post_body .= "\r\n";
            }

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No there is no way to write a file using this

I use phproxy since more than 3 month never saw that kind of files, where do you find them?

Nico, do you have a file limit for the proxy?

maybe thats a kind of cache while parsing big video files

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Even it is cache, it should have an fopen statement

Even it is cache, it should have an fopen statement

maybe it's done by apache to safe memory

just found this thread:

http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=53875

fine tuning apache is the magic of each proxy success

Nico, do you have a file limit for the proxy?

maybe thats a kind of cache while parsing big video files

It's the version downloaded from proxies2u with the country filter enabled.
('max_file_size'  => 1024*2048)

 I did see the same files on a different phproxy install I have. I have deleted all the files today, but just found a new one has been created. I'm downloading the 50mb file now to have a look inside.

I think its the problem like described via the link I posted before, check the apache error log (check the PID)

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