Php Errors

[fusioncroc]

Just today i started getting these errors come up randomly

Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module: user (path: /tmp)
tmp is chmoded to 777 and has sufficent permisions so im not sure what it could be i heard this could be something to do with a bug in php 4.3.10
what does everyone else think ?

[fusioncroc]

EDIT: I recompiled MySQL 4.1.10 now it all works

[fusioncroc]

EDIT: ALL FIXED ( except those annoying php errors that come up every couple of minutes )

[fusioncroc]

seems to be fixed but thats what it looked like earlier everytime i try to change the mysql root pass i get errors and i cant see the databases under manage mysql , users can see them in phpmyadmin though

and yesterday i could'nt find the mirrors for a /scripts/mysqlup so i got 4.1.10 from the rpm's

[fusioncroc]

getting the php errors again ( /tmp is chmod'ed to /tmp sometimes when i empty it works for 1 minute )

this is from ls -al /tmp


total 43
drwxrwxrwx 5 carl carl 31744 Feb 20 15:24 ./
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Feb 20 01:27 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 mailnull mail 0 Feb 20 15:01 exim_deny.lock*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1611 Feb 20 15:24 horde.log*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Feb 20 00:14 .ICE-unix/
drwxrwxrwx 2 bin bin 1024 Feb 20 00:15 .iroha_unix/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Dec 20 09:43 ixed/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Feb 20 15:23 mysql.sock -> ../../var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock=
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 0 Feb 20 15:22 sess_25f6fa9328dced2d6fe190e091cf0ab7*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 0 Feb 20 15:22 sess_6ba272dd9e9d49b0e42a018d28189471*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 0 Feb 20 15:24 sess_736becc16eb6a7b2f901ae5993d05820*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 65 Feb 20 15:25 sess_7b1a9048d7df20a42084bd146010348d*


should /tmp be chowned to nobody ?

[chirpy]

Make sure that you chmod 1777 - it's important that you have the sticky bit set:

chmod 1777 /tmp

It should be owned by root:root.

Edit: I've also seen problems if you switch phpsuexec on or off. If you have, delete any and all session files in /tmp too.

[fusioncroc]

I done what you said but i still get the errors ite getting worse and worse i've tryied to donwgrade to 4.3.9 but i still get errors


Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module: user (path: /tmp) in /home/lynjay13/public_html/login.php on line 1

[fusioncroc]

chirpy how much would it cost for you to look at it ?

[chirpy]

I'll PM you.

[fusioncroc]

thanks chirpy

[fusioncroc]

i think its working now but im not sure this is what i did :

session.use_trans_sid = 1 -> session.use_trans_sid = 0 now it seems to be working properly

edit: working better but i still get the errors every 30 minutes or so
also for somewierd reason mysql wont show as up in service status
it just shows mysql 4.1.10 ( standard) as down even though mysql driven sites work

[fusioncroc]

now i have 539 emails to go though( mysql and eximstats) as i forgot about making sure chkserv shows them up.

edit: i got eximstats and spamd to show back up but it does'nt reckonise the mysql for some reason i might go down to 4.0 change root password -> back up to 4.1 but last time i tryied from one of the mysql mirror's i got 404's

[fusioncroc]

If anybody could fix it i'm willing to pay pm me or email sales@fusioncroc.com if you can fix the mysql and php / apache

edit: i was going to pay up to £50 but as now all of my customers are wanting refunds and everything now i cant realy afford to this month so i dunno what to do

[Izzee]

Damn frustrating when things like this happen and you seem to be the only person who is affected.
I did a google for "Failed to initialize storage module: user (path: /tmp)" and came up with a few possible answers, one of which is here.
It might take some reading but could prove to be useful.

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

Good luck - and ask your clients for a tad more time to fix this error as it may well be a new bug etc etc blah blah.

[fusioncroc]

izzee thats the php bug report me and chirpy both found i tryied everything listed there it helps slightly but after a while its back to the errors the only thing that helps is stopping apache and starting it again as restarting pops up with a error message.

by the way i seached google already and tryied everything and no fix yet