Cannot start session without errors (phpmyadmin)?

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.

I followed this tutorial to fix the problem:

But I don't actually have a /var/lib/php/session' directory.

(I only have a var/lib/php5 directory)

I get this:

chown: cannot access `/var/lib/php/session': No such file or directory

Any suggestions?

(I didn't touch anything, so I assume an update screwed something).

EDIT:

in var/lib/php

there is a file called: sess_eq4jhtrmumanft46oj7o97phdbtv8bcm

and it has this:

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(Sorry, I can't paste the code for some reason).

Can you post output of 'ls -l /var/lib/php5'? If you have directory, session inside, you should treat the command as 'chown -R root:alex /var/lib/php5/session' instead of /var/lib/php/session.

RAHUL PRASAD · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-17 06:24:03Z

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create the folder sudo mkdir /var/lib/php/session and give it a sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/php/session privilege (just for testing)

If it start working give it appropriate privilege(using chmod) or change owner (using chown).

answered Jun 17 '11 at 6:24

RAHUL PRASAD
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	advising 'chmod 777' without explaining what it will do to the security is an overkill, so not recommended. – Jamess Jun 17 '11 at 8:43
	@James: Dude he got more reputation than me, I assumed he understands what 'chmod 777' means. In that case you might be saying why I did not explained 'sudo', cuz even working is root is also dangerous. – RAHUL PRASAD Jun 19 '11 at 8:06

aneeshep · Answer 2 · 2011-06-17 06:55:31Z

up vote 0 down vote

This happens due to the incorrect settings of php session.save_path. Here is a detailed instruction on how to solve this issue:

answered Jun 17 '11 at 6:55

aneeshep
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