Wrong session.save_path

[Vinayak]

This server has only one account and one application, no changes were ever made except for automatic updates, EasyApache was used long back when server was setup.

On May 19th 2022, .htaccess got updated automagically with following entries

# BEGIN cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
# Manual editing of this file may result in unexpected behavior.
# To make changes to this file, use the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor (Home >> Software >> MultiPHP INI Editor)
# For more information, read our documentation (https://go.cpanel.net/EA4ModifyINI)
<IfModule php7_module>
   php_flag display_errors Off
   php_value max_execution_time 180
   php_value max_input_time 270
   php_value max_input_vars 3000
   php_value memory_limit 512M
   php_value post_max_size 128M
   php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440
   php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73"
   php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
   php_flag zlib.output_compression On
</IfModule>
<IfModule lsapi_module>
   php_flag display_errors Off
   php_value max_execution_time 180
   php_value max_input_time 270
   php_value max_input_vars 3000
   php_value memory_limit 512M
   php_value post_max_size 128M
   php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440
   php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73"
   php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
   php_flag zlib.output_compression On
</IfModule>
# END cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit

On this server only and only PHP 7.4 is installed, so from where incorrect "session.save_path" came?

I checked, in WHM "MultiPHP INI Editor" says

PHP Default: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php74

And the active entry is also of ea-php74.

 

[kodeslogic]

Where exactly do you see this error?

 

[Vinayak]

In

/home/username/public_html/.htaccess

While in php.ini & .user.ini correct entry was present.

Additional info:-

Operating System CentOS v7.9.2009
Product cPanel & WHM v104.0.1 (STANDARD)
PHP 7.4 with PHP-FPM

 

[cPRex]

If you run this command, can you confirm you only see PHP 7.4 packages on the machine?

rpm -qa | grep ea-php7

 

[Vinayak]

Here it is

rpm -qa | grep ea-php7
ea-php74-php-zip-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-cli-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-xmlrpc-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-iconv-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-mysqlnd-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-dba-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-calendar-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-bz2-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-devel-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-gmp-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-fileinfo-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-intl-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-runtime-7.4.29-1.1.1.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-pgsql-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-tidy-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-snmp-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-build-7.4.29-1.1.1.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-litespeed-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-pear-1.10.12-4.13.18.cpanel.noarch
ea-php74-php-gettext-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-gd-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-imap-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-fpm-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-ftp-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-odbc-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-process-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-enchant-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-ldap-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-curl-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-sockets-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-bcmath-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-posix-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-ioncube11-11.0.1-1.3.4.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-pspell-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-xml-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-exif-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-sodium-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-7.4.29-1.1.1.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-libc-client-2007f-22.23.3.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-pdo-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-soap-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-opcache-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-common-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64
ea-php74-php-mbstring-7.4.29-1.1.5.cpanel.x86_64

 

[cPRex]

That's definitely odd - could you make a ticket with our team so we can check this?

 

[Vinayak]

For now, I have already made the required changes, will surely open a ticket if this happens again.

Or you want to investigate?

 

[cPRex]

We're always happy to look, even if the issue has been fixed.

 

[Vinayak]

Done, ticket Id #94449183

 

[cPRex]

Thanks for that - I'm following along with that ticket on my end now.