Uhm. The open_basedir has /var/lib/php which is a valid prefix for /var/lib/phpmyadmin/, and it has always (for two years until wednesday when this bug appeared) worked with this open_basedir string.
To further clarify: [...]:/usr/share/phpmyadmin/:/var/lib/phpmyadmin/:[...] works [...]:/usr/share/phpmyadmin:/var/lib/phpmyadmin:[...] works [...]:/usr/share/php:/var/lib/php:[...] does not work which seems to mean that it is now treating paths without a trailing slash as directory names instead of prefixes, which is what the specification says. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/701765 Title: open_basedir breaks by restricting paths to files that should be allowed; Unknown: Failed opening required '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/index.php' (include_path='.') in Unknown on line 0 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs