Re: [SM-USERS] Blank login page: Failed to initialize session module

[Jonathan A. <jo...@sq...>]

>>> Since yesterday, no user can log into SquirrelMail. The login.php
>>> returns nothing but a blank page.
>>> Here is what I get in my php_error.log:
>>> PHP Fatal error: Failed to initialize session module in
>>> /home/httpd/ssl.xxxxx.net-443/html/webmail/functions/global.php on
>>> line 295
>>> PHP Warning: Failed to write session data (user). Please verify that
>>> the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/run/php) in
>>> Unknown on line 0
>>
>> so why not read and follow the error message?  check session.save_path
>> and check the permissions of that directory if it is correct.  also
>> make sure SELinux is configured to correctly allow access to that dir
>> if you are using it.

> Checked: the path and permissions are correct. LIDS is also correctly
> configured.

Paul missed it... where you have "user" it should read "files".  Your
session.save_handler is set to "user" when SquirrelMail requires "files".=
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Check in your php.ini file, and make sure it is set to files, or use an
apache configuration to change it so that the SquirrelMail directory is
using files.

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Jonathan Angliss
<jo...@sq...>