OK I got a friend to test this PHPsuexec and SMF issue out. He also tested Wordpress and he found no issue with Wordpress. I asked that of him for I plan to use that again when I redo a blog again.
But he tested SMF 1.0.7 and SMF 1.1 RC2 on a server with PHPsuexec enabled. And the only issue he found was with some Mods not all Mods that are written to require the 777 chmod would fail when installed via the SMF package manager. Not good for I use that due to using several Mods.
And he said what needs to be done is the script authors need to find a work around in their next versions and Webhost using PHPsuexec need to have a work around for their clients if they have scripts that run into this chmod wall. That put in layman terms for me. lol
I trust this guy allot. I've known him for about 30 years and he has worked with computers and software on some level for over 20 years. Sad it only took him 5 weeks to get back to me. Some people work to hard and to much.
He looked at the Surpass packages and told me I should get off the general shared environment if I like Surpass so much and go for VPS for more control even if PHPsuexec is installed there for I should be able to temp change the files better in such an environment when the need arises.
Sounds good but I likely won't have the budget in place for such till Fall. So I just have to hope SH76 stays PHPsuexec free till then. lol
