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Newbie to UNA. We want to hang UNA off our existing community website.

On trying installation, got the normal "Server audit" Requirements page that I then sent off to our hosting manager who replied with this info...

"Everything on that list looks fine with one exception, shell_exec which is explicitly prohibited on shared hosting for security reasons. To run that application you'd need a Virtual private server which start from $150 per month. Applications designed to work on shared hosting will use PHP Composer, Node.JS or plain php with extensions and avoid dangerous commands like exec() and shell_exec() and system() as in the event the site gets hacked these commands can be abused by hackers to cause a lot of damage to a shared environment. If you have your own vps and its the only app on there and hackers get in and trash it well its only your stuff and the whole vps can be shut down. Not so with shared hosting and many clients are affected."

How can I find a solution based on this?

Steve

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