ID: 25876
Comment by: mitch at webcob dot com
Reported By: golden at riscom dot com
Status: Closed
Bug Type: Session related
Operating System: freebsd 4.8
PHP Version: 4.3.3
New Comment:
Having this problem again too.
I WAS having this problem with FreeBSD 4.4 / Apache 1.3.27 / PHP
4.3.2.
The problem started happening again a couple days ago...
Seems to be a Heisenbug - ever time I add code to output debug info and
restart apache, the problem seems to have disappeared or moved to a
different website / vhost.
Problem does not seem to happen on all vhosts at the same time...
Just upgraded to PHP 4.3.7
The problem still persists.
I have done all the recommended "fixes" - checking disk space,
permissions, changing storage location, etc. Am currently working on a
db based storage moduel to include on all sites experiencing the
problem as in interrum fix.
Please CC me on any updates.
thanks.
Previous Comments:
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[2004-06-17 10:18:10] searchadm at goschorn dot de
PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module:
user (path: /tmp) in ...
PHP 4.3.7 (4.3.4 also)
Apache 2.0.48
Suse Linux 8.2
after apachectl restart it works again for a while
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[2004-06-15 15:05:39] datacompboy at mail dot ru
Currently runned workaround via
auto_prepend_file = /etc/httpd/phpinc.php
and in /etc/httpd/phpinc.php
<? session_module_name("files"); ?>
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[2004-06-15 14:47:13] datacompboy at mail dot ru
I have running Apache
SERVER_SOFTWARE Apache/1.3.20 Sun Cobalt (Unix) mod_jk mod_ssl/2.8.4
OpenSSL/0.9.7d PHP/4.3.7 mod_auth_pam_external/0.1 FrontPage/5.0.2.2510
mod_perl/1.26
Small code to see:
<?
phpinfo();
session_start();
?>
Producing
session.save_handler files files
and below:
Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module:
user (path: /tmp) in a.php on line 3
Can't say what to do to fix that _STRANGE_ error :/
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[2004-06-14 01:43:26] sha3134 at njit dot edu
I was having this problem intially with php-4.3.2 with squieralmail.
After an upgrade of both SQ and PHP-4.3.7, the problem persists, though
more random. Hitting refresh usually clears this error. As i discovered
though the error happens with pages using start_session and
session.save_path permissions for files are correct and i have tried
clearing it out. I have not tried the:
ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files');
as i its already defined in my php.ini file.
Note this is a very random bug/feature. Could this be due to high load
or high io on the server ?
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[2004-05-27 09:23:21] yertletheturtle82 at yahoo dot com
I am running version 4.3.6 and receive this error consistently when
attempting to run phprojekt. It was running with no problems
previously. I am also running Drupal which uses php also, but seems to
have no problems at all. Not sure why this started happening all of a
sudden. Running RH9.0.
It seemed to start when I was trying to re-compile PHP with IMAP
support.
Thanks
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