# Running phpmyadmin on non-standard dir **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [February 3, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398 "2012-02-03T11:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398/1 "2012-02-03T11:02:11Z")
hi. I’m new to Nginx. I’d like to make serve phpmyadmin on a non-standard url. I’m on debian, and following this howto works great: [http://rubyist-journal.com/2010/02/28/howto-nginx-php5-mysql-phpmyadmin-ubuntu-shortest-setup/](http://rubyist-journal.com/2010/02/28/howto-nginx-php5-mysql-phpmyadmin-ubuntu-shortest-setup/) but if I change it this way: ``` location /pma { root /usr/share/phpmyadmin/; index index.php index.html index.htm; location ~ ^/(.+\.php)$ { try_files $uri =404; root /usr/share/phpmyadmin/; fastcgi_pass backend; fastcgi_param HTTPS $fastcgi_https; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME ``` $document\_root$request\_filename; include /etc/nginx/fastcgi\_params; } } I just get 404. 2 questions: - how to make it properly work? - how to debug these config errors? thanks a lot! maxxer Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[running phpmyadmin on non-standard dir](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,221927,221927#msg-221927)** > > hi. I'm new to Nginx. I'd like to make serve phpmyadmin on a non-standard url. I'm on debian, and following this howto works great: http://rubyist-journal.com/2010/02/28/howto-nginx-php5-mysql-phpmyadmin-ubuntu-shortest-setup/ but if I change it this... ---
**Author:** ![maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxxer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398/2 "2012-02-03T11:39:24Z")
(complete answer on the bottom) On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:01 PM, maxxer [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > hi. I’m new to Nginx. > I’d like to make serve phpmyadmin on a non-standard url. There’s no “standard url”. Learn how “root” (and “alias”) directive work. > - how to make it properly work? > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com > - how to debug these config errors? > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com location = /pma { rewrite ^ /pma/ permanent; } location /pma/ { location /pma/(._.php)$ { set $script\_filename /usr/share/phpmyadmin/$1; # testing file existence for security. # sadly in this case we can’t use try\_files since we’re testing against actual file on disk # while try\_files tries against uri if (!-f $script\_filename) { return 404; } include fastcgi\_params; fastcgi\_param SCRIPT\_FILENAME $script\_filename; fastcgi\_param HTTPS $fastcgi\_https; fastcgi\_pass backend; } location ~ ^/pma(|/._)$ { alias /usr/share/phpmyadmin/$1; index index.php; } } – O\< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - [www.asciiribbon.org](http://www.asciiribbon.org) ---
**Author:** ![maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxxer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398/3 "2012-02-03T11:54:15Z")
[http://www.howtoforge.com/running-phpmyadmin-on-nginx-lemp-on-debian-squeeze-ubuntu-11.04](http://www.howtoforge.com/running-phpmyadmin-on-nginx-lemp-on-debian-squeeze-ubuntu-11.04) Works with cgi.fix\_pathinfo on and off. ----- Original Message ----- From: “maxxer” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:01 AM Subject: running phpmyadmin on non-standard dir ---
**Author:** ![maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxxer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398/4 "2012-02-03T12:00:28Z")
## Falko T. Wrote: > [http://www.howtoforge.com/running-phpmyadmin-on-ng](http://www.howtoforge.com/running-phpmyadmin-on-ng) > inx-lemp-on-debian-squeeze-ubuntu-11.04 > > Works with cgi.fix\_pathinfo on and off. thanks Falko, I’m usually a great fan of your howtos, but I with to serve phpmyadmin on the url /pma instead of /phpmyadmin, and I wasn’t able to tweak the config to do this… Edho thanks, but your config makes the /pma url redirect to /phpmyadmin, and download the source of index.php. Posted at Nginx Forum: [http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,221927,221934#msg-221934](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,221927,221934#msg-221934) ---
**Author:** ![maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxxer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398/5 "2012-02-03T12:14:03Z")
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:59 PM, maxxer [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Edho thanks, but your config makes the /pma url redirect to /phpmyadmin, > and download the source of index.php. Sorry, I forgot a tilde. location ~ /pma/(.\*.php)$ { – O\< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - [www.asciiribbon.org](http://www.asciiribbon.org) ---
**Author:** ![maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxxer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398/6 "2012-02-03T17:11:26Z")
If you are inexperienced, do not run phpmyadmin publically as /phpmyadmin or you will fall behind a security update to find your system compromised (and now the new member in the botnet!) I used to hunt botnets for awhile and PhpMyAdmin was a common way to get in ---
**Author:** ![maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@maxxer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maxxer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-phpmyadmin-on-non-standard-dir/216398/7 "2012-02-03T17:37:29Z")
On 3 Fev 2012 16h10 WET, [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > If you are inexperienced, do not run phpmyadmin publically as > /phpmyadmin or you will fall behind a security update to find your > system compromised (and now the new member in the botnet!) I used to > hunt botnets for awhile and PhpMyAdmin was a common way to get in Yep. There’s a FD post by the Gentoo security team that exposes what an utter complete wreck security wise phpmyadmin is: > **[Full Disclosure: \[GLSA 201201-01 \] phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities](https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jan/39)** Use Chive: [http://www.chive-project.com](http://www.chive-project.com) Don’t forget to set: cgi.fix\_pathinfo = 0 on the php.ini. You’re gaining something in security terms by choosing Nginx over Apache, don’t throw that under a bus by using phpmyadmin. — appa