Session support in PHP consists of a way to preserve certain data across subsequent accesses. This enables you to build more customized applications and increase the appeal of your web site.
This path is defined in /etc/php.ini file and all data related to a particular session will be stored in a file in the directory specified by the session.save_path option.
After installing phpMyAdmin I was able to login but unable to select or modify tables. First, I thought I made some configuration errors, and then I reinstalled phpMyAdmin again. It was not working at all.
Finally, php error log file provides me the answer with the following errors:
[26-Jul-2006 13:35:22] PHP Warning: Unknown: open(/var/lib/php/session/sess_lLFJ,tk9eFs5PGtWKKf559oKFM3, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0 [26-Jul-2006 13:35:22] PHP Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/lib/php/session) in Unknown on line 0 [26-Jul-2006 13:35:40] PHP Warning: Unknown: open(/var/lib/php/session/sess_lLFJ,tk9eFs5PGtWKKf559oKFM3, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0
/var/lib/php/ has root:apache write permission combination. Since I had migrated from the Apache to Lighttpd web server, I forgot to set correct permission for session directory (php.ini – session.save_path directive). To change file owner and group permission you need to use the chown command as follows:
# chown root:lighttpd /var/lib/php/ -R
Now my phpMyAdmin is working fine.
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Rey,
One would be stupid to set permissions to 777, huge security risk.
I agree… on /var/lib/php/session only Apache and root should have write permissions…
Other may consider this an exploit and do some damage …
Excellent!
Works 100%
Thanks!
try chmod 1777 /var/lib/php/session
Genius. Thanks for the tip.
I belive the best option is add lighttpd to group apache.