PHP Error (Bug)?

[bgreenhouse]

Hi Folks

I set up an application that worked fine on my computer. Then I got a static IP so I had to upgrade my security procedures a little more (not logon as Administrator all the time, give permissions to directories, etc...). I also upgraded to the newest verison of PHP (4.2.3?). Now I get an error message on a page that had worked fine before. I reinstalled the old version, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. The error says:

Warning: open(C:\PHP\sessiondata\sess_a0385b2570de61f0197e42068d475d14, O_RDWR) failed: m (13) in C:\Sites\bfhp\PHP\login.php on line 5

Warning: open(C:\PHP\sessiondata\sess_a0385b2570de61f0197e42068d475d14, O_RDWR) failed: m (13) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (C:\PHP\sessiondata) in Unknown on line 0

That last error has been reported as a bug on bugs.php.net (or whatever the URL is). It doesn't seem to have been fixed. I'm astonished to not find any mention of it on Tek-tips though...Anyone figuredo ut how to work around it - or know what's wrong with my system? I'm running IIS 5

Thanks

Ben

 

[sleipnir214]

Does the directory "C:\PHP\sessiondata" exist, and does the IIS user have permission to write to and read from that directory? ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!

 

[bgreenhouse]

I should mention that line 5 (where the first error was) is:

session_start();

B

 

[sleipnir214]

I assumed that from the filename specified in the warning.

Again, does the directory exist, and does the IIS user have the ability to read from and write to that directory? ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!

 

[bgreenhouse]

Hi sleipnir214

Sorry about that - I had answered that but the phone rang and I must of forgotten to submit the final post. Yes, the directory exists, and IIS User (IUSR_ComputerName) has access. There are even a few session files in there from last night (when I was screwing around with the problem), so it has worked at times apparently.

Any other suggestions?

Ben

 

[bgreenhouse]

New Info - if I change session_autostart to 1 in php.ini, the first error line disappears, but the rest remain - I don't know what that means, but it may be significant.

B

 

[sleipnir214]

Suppose you use fopen() and attempt to write to that directory. Do you get a similar message? ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!

 

[bgreenhouse]

Alright - I figured it out. When I gave access to IUSR_computerName, I didn't look too hard at what the default settings were. By default, they are not granted write access. IUSR needs write access to sessiondata and uploadtemp. Thanks for your help.

B

 

[sleipnir214]

From my earlier post:

does the IIS user have the ability to read from and write to that directory? ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!