It starts a small security check and makes your XAMPP installation more secure. To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following command: MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody). ProFTPD uses the password "lampp" for user "nobody". The MySQL daemon is accessible via network. The MySQL administrator (root) has no password. Here a list of missing security in XAMPP: For development environments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal. The way XAMPP is configured is to be open as possible and allowing the developer anything he/she wants. OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:Īs mentioned before, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development environment. XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5). XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory. #tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.3a.tar.gz -C /opt Now you should be having xampp-linux-1.5.3a.tar.gz file in your downloaded locationĮxtract the downloaded archive file to /opt The distribution for Linux systems (tested for SuSE, RedHat, Mandrake and Debian) contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP & PEAR, Perl,ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype2, libjpeg, libpng, gdbm, zlib, expat, Sablotron, libxml, Ming, Webalizer, pdf class, ncurses, mod_perl, FreeTDS, gettext, mcrypt, mhash, eAccelerator, SQLite and IMAP C-Client.ĭownload XAMPP Latest version from the following linkĪt the time of writing this article XAMPP version is 1.5.3a This MacOSX and Solaris versions of XAMPP are still in the first steps of development. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.Ī version for Linux systems (tested for Ubuntu, SuSE, RedHat, Mandrake and Debian),Ī version for Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003 and XP,Ī beta version for Solaris SPARC (developed and tested under Solaris 8), XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.
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