sudo chown -R root:myusername /var/lib/php/session (what should I put in username)?

Question

I'm getting this:

Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly.

So I'm following this solution:

But I have no idea what to put in username.

This is how it looks when I launch the terminal:

alex@alex-System-Product-Name:~$

My user is "alex" (e.g.

home/alex

)

Any suggestions?

Lekensteyn · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-19 13:50:47Z

up vote 1 down vote accepted

The chown command has the following syntax:

chown username:groupname directory

So in your example command it is your primary group name you need to put To determine your current user name issue the command as below on a terminal

whoami

This will return your current user name. Then issue this command to determine your group memberships

groups username

Assuming that your username is "alex", run:

groups alex

You will get something like:

alex : alex staff adm cdrom lpadmin admin

The first one after the : is your primary group. In this example it is "alex".

The command will be:

sudo chown -R root:alex /var/lib/php/session

edited Jun 19 '11 at 13:50

Lekensteyn
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answered Jun 17 '11 at 5:51

Jamess
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	Thanks I think it helped but I'm getting this: `chown: cannot access` /var/lib/php/session': No such file or directory` ' – janoChen Jun 17 '11 at 5:57
	Yes, That directory may not be there. The command will work only when the directory present. So you might have missed some steps in that documentation or some steps before that did not work as expected. – Jamess Jun 17 '11 at 6:00
	Usually I do 'ls -l /var/lib/php/session' to list the directory to see current ownership before I change it. Then I will know how to revert it if something gone wrong!. That command will help you to see if the directory present or not as well. – Jamess Jun 17 '11 at 6:02

Rinzwind · Answer 2 · 2011-06-17 05:50:09Z

up vote 2 down vote

That would be:

sudo chown -R root:alex /var/lib/php/session

answered Jun 17 '11 at 5:50

Rinzwind
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