local installation of Mambo

Sagolon · 12.04.2004, 10:43

Hello,
I am trying to install Mambo localy on my PC but before the installation I get the note Session save path /tmp, Unwriteable . I carried on with the installation at it worked fine but..........I can login at the frontend of Mambo but not at the backend..there I am getting all kinds of erros.
Can anybody help me with that problem??

Pre-installation check for 4.5 Stable-1.0.7 [Sinatra] 07/04/2004 13:20 GMT
If any of the items below are highlighted in red then please take actions to correct them. Failure to do so could lead to your Mambo Open Source installation not functioning correctly.
PHP version >= 4.1.0 Yes
- zlib compression support Available
- XML support Available
- MySQL support Available

configuration.php Writeable

Session save path /tmp, Unwriteable

Directory and File Permissions:
In order for Mambo Open Source to function correctly it needs to be able to access or write to certain files or directories. If you see "Unwriteable" you need to change the permissions on the file or directory to allow Mambo Open Source to write to it.
administrator/backups/ Writeable
administrator/components/ Writeable
components/ Writeable
images/ Writeable
media/ Writeable
language/ Writeable
modules/ Writeable
templates/ Writeable
uploadfiles/ Writeable

Recommended PHP settings (found in php.ini):
Safe Mode: OFF
Display Errors: ON
File Uploads: ON
Magic Quotes: ON
Register Globals: OFF
Output Buffering: OFF
Session auto start: 0

alwarren · 12.04.2004, 11:20

Make sure session.save_path actually exists. Create a directory if you need to. Mine is C:\apache\Apache2\session. Then change the path for session.save_path in php.ini:

Code:

session.save_path = C:\apache\Apache2\session

Sagolon · 12.04.2004, 11:50

Thank you for the quick response,

here is what I changed. I created a folder session and modified the php.ini. But I am still getting the same result.
Have I done it wrong?

; Argument passed to save_handler. In the case of files, this is the path
; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this
; variable in order to use PHP's session functions.
; As of PHP 4.0.1, you can define the path as:
; session.save_path = C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\session
; where N is an integer. Instead of storing all the session files in
; /path, what this will do is use subdirectories N-levels deep, and
; store the session data in those directories. This is useful if you
; or your OS have problems with lots of files in one directory, and is
; a more efficient layout for servers that handle lots of sessions.
; NOTE 1: PHP will not create this directory structure automatically.
; You can use the script in the ext/session dir for that purpose.
; NOTE 2: See the section on garbage collection below if you choose to
; use subdirectories for session storage
session.save_path = /tmp
; Whether to use cookies.
session.use_cookies = 1

alwarren · 12.04.2004, 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagolon

Thank you for the quick response,

here is what I changed. I created a folder session and modified the php.ini. But I am still getting the same result.
Have I done it wrong?

; Argument passed to save_handler. In the case of files, this is the path
; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this
; variable in order to use PHP's session functions.
; As of PHP 4.0.1, you can define the path as:
; session.save_path = C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\session
; where N is an integer. Instead of storing all the session files in
; /path, what this will do is use subdirectories N-levels deep, and
; store the session data in those directories. This is useful if you
; or your OS have problems with lots of files in one directory, and is
; a more efficient layout for servers that handle lots of sessions.
; NOTE 1: PHP will not create this directory structure automatically.
; You can use the script in the ext/session dir for that purpose.
; NOTE 2: See the section on garbage collection below if you choose to
; use subdirectories for session storage
session.save_path = C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\session
; Whether to use cookies.
session.use_cookies = 1

You almost had it but you changed the path in the comment section. Comments begin with a semicolon. Change the line that has no semicolon.

Sagolon · 12.04.2004, 13:10

Thank for your help I hope I am not bothering to much.....but it still doesn't work.

Getting:

Session save path /tmp, Unwriteable

Do I need to rename the folder "session" to "tmp".

Sorry for all the newbie questions.

BennieBlanco · 12.04.2004, 14:26

I had a same prob. last night
here is 100% solution
all you need is this

session.save_path =/tmp
Change it to:

Code:
session.save_path ="c:/windows/temp"

change the php.ini the one that is in your c:/ windows folder

or check the thread that I had last night

MOS 4.5 1.0.7 error in index.php.Help!

Sagolon · 12.04.2004, 14:53

Great I got it working. I also had to delete the php.ini in the php directory.
I don't know why.....but it works now.

Thanx to everybody

BennieBlanco · 12.04.2004, 14:58

good job !

Sagolon · 12.04.2004, 15:18

One last thing. I have now everything installed. Running fine. No error notes. I can login with my admin password at the frontend but I can't at the backend it routes me to index2.php (which shows basicly the same loggin window)but without any error note.

BennieBlanco · 12.04.2004, 15:21

sory wrong question