My server has shell_exec() disabled for security reasons. However I've installed something which requires this to run, how can I enable shell_exec() in that directory? Is there a .htaccess edit or something?

As far as i'm aware, if a function is disabled in php.ini, you can't override that from PHP itself, or from htaccess.

I'd imagine that it'd defeat the purpose of disabling it if a script could override that...

Thanks, you've made my mind up for me.