[error] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module

[joana]

Just rebuilt Apache with php 4.3.3 couple of days back and now all php seems to stop working randomly..
Many times, the php websites will show errors and the following error in the error_log..

[error] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module

Any idea?

[andyf]

Try a rebuild first, just in case something went TU on the previous one.

[joana]

Originally posted by goal
Try a rebuild first, just in case something went TU on the previous one.

already did that but it did not help

[andyf]

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25876&edit=1

Seems to be focusing on zlib and the session tmp dir. I'd verify both of these are working ok.

[joana]

Still not working and no answer from Cpanel support..

cPanel.net Support Ticket Number: 29999

[andyf]

Check Google - this doesn't look like a cPanel specific problem.

[joana]

Originally posted by goal
Check Google - this doesn't look like a cPanel specific problem.

I did but it only appeared after apache upgrade from Cpanel and none of the other servers are affected..

[Vegas D]

Originally posted by joana
Just rebuilt Apache with php 4.3.3 couple of days back and now all php seems to stop working randomly..
Many times, the php websites will show errors and the following error in the error_log..

[error] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module

Any idea?

I am having this exact same issue. I've been racking my brain now 2.5 days on this issue. I have a few sites that are intermitantly down due to this issue. Additionally our Data Center has been of very little help as I've had a Ticket open with them now for 2.5 days and no resolution.

This is definately a show stopper issue and needs to be resolved quickly.

Here's what was recently done with our server:

1. Ran Easyapache to install some features.
Included the following:
a. GD
b. IMAP Module
c. PHP 4.3.3
d. cURL SSL Support

Since then we have been having this issue with the session_start() function.

Lastly, after Apache compiled we had to copy some files around in order for Apache to even start.

copied the following from /usr/local/cpanel/apache/
into the following folder: /usr/local/apache/libexec/

mod_bwlimited.so
mod_log_bytes.so
mod_auth_passthrough.so

These files were missing after Apache compiled. Also had to remove those dang CORE.***** files.

That's all I can think of at this time.

Any help from anyone would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

D

[joana]

BEEN 12 DAYS and the ticket with Cpanel is still OPEN and no one cared to respond to it..

We have similar issues with missing files after easyapache on other servers as well.

Originally posted by Vegas D
I am having this exact same issue. I've been racking my brain now 2.5 days on this issue. I have a few sites that are intermitantly down due to this issue. Additionally our Data Center has been of very little help as I've had a Ticket open with them now for 2.5 days and no resolution.

This is definately a show stopper issue and needs to be resolved quickly.

Here's what was recently done with our server:

1. Ran Easyapache to install some features.
Included the following:
a. GD
b. IMAP Module
c. PHP 4.3.3
d. cURL SSL Support

Since then we have been having this issue with the session_start() function.

Lastly, after Apache compiled we had to copy some files around in order for Apache to even start.

copied the following from /usr/local/cpanel/apache/
into the following folder: /usr/local/apache/libexec/

mod_bwlimited.so
mod_log_bytes.so
mod_auth_passthrough.so

These files were missing after Apache compiled. Also had to remove those dang CORE.***** files.

That's all I can think of at this time.

Any help from anyone would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

D

[Vegas D]

Originally posted by goal
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25876&edit=1

Seems to be focusing on zlib and the session tmp dir. I'd verify both of these are working ok.

This post at php.net refers to Apache 2.x which is not supported by cPanel yet. Not so sure this last entry would apply to us cPanel users.

D

[Vegas D]

Still have not resolved this issue and neither has VenturesOnline.

Does anyone know how to revert back to an older version of Apache we upped from 1.3.28 to 1.3.29. would like to try and go back to .28 version with PHP 4.3.2 and see what happens then.

Thanks in Advance,

D

[bonnmac]

I'd like to know also. Server was running great until I used easyapache to upgrade to 1.3.29 Now alot of my scripts are returning errors like the following: Appears to be a permissions problem with /tmp ??

Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp/sess_ccc807c76144ae4ddf2829ce93340fee, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/esupport/admin/index.php on line 98

Warning: session_write_close(): open(/tmp/sess_ccc807c76144ae4ddf2829ce93340fee, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/esupport/admin/index.php on line 123

Warning: session_write_close(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/esupport/admin/index.php on line 123

[joana]

Welcome to the club..
Have a ticket with Cpanel for more than 2 weeks now and no resolution from them.

Originally posted by bonnmac
I'd like to know also. Server was running great until I used easyapache to upgrade to 1.3.29 Now alot of my scripts are returning errors like the following: Appears to be a permissions problem with /tmp ??

Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp/sess_ccc807c76144ae4ddf2829ce93340fee, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/esupport/admin/index.php on line 98

Warning: session_write_close(): open(/tmp/sess_ccc807c76144ae4ddf2829ce93340fee, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/esupport/admin/index.php on line 123

Warning: session_write_close(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/esupport/admin/index.php on line 123

[X-Istencedotcom]

I dont know how old this is, but we have customers complaining about this, are there absolutely no ideas as to what is causing this?

[Vegas D]

Originally posted by X-Istencedotcom
I dont know how old this is, but we have customers complaining about this, are there absolutely no ideas as to what is causing this?

Well so far we have successfully downgraded apache back down to 1.3.28 and to PHP 4.3.2 and the Session_start() function issue seems to have disappeared but now we seem to be having a small issue with phpMyAdmin and 1 client is having an issue that I don't think is directly related to this.

D