super2000 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Reading thru a number of similar postings about sessions directory/tmp. and answers given I followed some guidelines on how to resolve the problem. To be able to make changes to the catalog/includes/configure.php and catalog/admin/includes/configure.php I changed to chmod 777 viewed the files in notepad added to the bottom of both the configure.php files 'mysql' saved the changes reset the chmod to 644 Refreshed the osc catalog and got these messages: Warning: main(includes/application_top.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/catalog/index.php on line 13 Warning: main(includes/application_top.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/catalog/index.php on line 13 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/application_top.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/catalog/index.php on line 13 I went back to the configure.php files and the changes i made are gone define('STORE_SESSIONS', ''); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql' ?> Certainly the 3 warnings are gone and I am back to the first one. Warning: The sessions directory does not exist: /tmp. Sessions will not work until this directory is created. What if I just create a directory with the name tmp in catalog/tmp ? Will that take care of it? In MyStore Administration under Sessions there are Sessions Directory -- Value -- /tmp Sessions Directory -- Value -- _private/tmp Do these need to be changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanRanch Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 It appears that your "edits" are not saving. Download them to your PC via ftp and edit locally - both files catalog/includes/configure.php catalog/admin/includes/configure.php and set the define for the sessions to mysql. Then ftp them both back to your site. HTH Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 In MyStore Administration under Sessions there areSessions Directory -- Value -- /tmp Sessions Directory -- Value -- _private/tmp Do these need to be changed? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There should only be one entry, not 2. Is that entry entered twice in the database? Once that's figured out, then, yes, you can create a directory and define it there. It would be best to put the sessions directory outside of the web space. So, if catalog is stored at /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/public_html/catalog, make directory /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/sessions and then change the entry in admin->configuration->sessions directory = /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/sessions. ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super2000 Posted May 6, 2005 Author Share Posted May 6, 2005 Thank you, your suggestion took care of the session directory/tmp problem, but now I am back to my 3 other messages who appear in catalog/admin. Warning: main(includes/application_top.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/catalog/index.php on line 13 Warning: main(includes/application_top.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/catalog/index.php on line 13 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/application_top.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/catalog/index.php on line 13 I haven't done anything as yet, just downloaded the catalog/index.php to my PC and looked at it via phpEditorIDE. Not that I know what to do with it, but on lin 13 it shows require('includes/application_top.php'); the rest highlighted in green, than it goes on // the following cPath references come from application_top.php $category_depth = 'top'; if (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath)) { $categories_products_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " where categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'"); $cateqories_products = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_products_query); if ($cateqories_products['total'] > 0) { $category_depth = 'products'; // display products } else { $category_parent_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " where parent_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'"); $category_parent = tep_db_fetch_array($category_parent_query); if ($category_parent['total'] > 0) { $category_depth = 'nested'; // navigate through the categories } else { $category_depth = 'products'; // category has no products, but display the 'no products' message } } } require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $language . '/' . FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?> It's pretty well all creek to me. I am sorry but to get into category/admin. I will have to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Lotte, Dumb question time. Do you have a file called application_top.php in catalog/includes? Are the permissions on the file set to Read-able? ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super2000 Posted May 6, 2005 Author Share Posted May 6, 2005 There should only be one entry, not 2. Is that entry entered twice in the database? Once that's figured out, then, yes, you can create a directory and define it there. It would be best to put the sessions directory outside of the web space. So, if catalog is stored at /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/public_html/catalog, make directory /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/sessions and then change the entry in admin->configuration->sessions directory = /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/sessions. ed <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Ed, I just answered Tom about the same time you wrote this. You really got me there, I don't know how to get into the database, but that _private looks like it comes from FrontPage. Have no idea how it got there. Whats all this /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/public_html/catalog, in english please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Lotte, That was my way of describing your catalog's absolute path on the hosting server. If you know what it is, great. If not, try this. Go into admin, click on Tools, and then Server Info. There should be an entry called DOCUMENT_ROOT. It will give the absolute path of your hosting account. It will look soemthing like: /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/public_html/. Public_html is your main web directory. Everything in there can be seen on the Web. Using your Control Panel or an ftp tool, create a folder at the same level as public_html called sessions. So it would be: /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/sessions/. Use that whole path when you set the value in Admin->Configuration->Sessions->Session Directory. ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super2000 Posted May 6, 2005 Author Share Posted May 6, 2005 Lotte, Dumb question time. Do you have a file called application_top.php in catalog/includes? Are the permissions on the file set to Read-able? ed <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Ed, Yes there is a file in catalog/includes/appication_top.php and it is set to 644; or should it be 444? Actually all the folders and files when I first get on with ftp are set to 644. If I change one folder or file to 777 all of them are changed. Is that normal? Lotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super2000 Posted May 6, 2005 Author Share Posted May 6, 2005 Lotte, That was my way of describing your catalog's absolute path on the hosting server. If you know what it is, great. If not, try this. Go into admin, click on Tools, and then Server Info. There should be an entry called DOCUMENT_ROOT. It will give the absolute path of your hosting account. It will look soemthing like: /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/public_html/. Great! Never saw that one. A day older and a whole lot smarter. You mean this: _SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs Public_html is your main web directory. Everything in there can be seen on the Web. Using your Control Panel or an ftp tool, create a folder at the same level as public_html called sessions. So it would be: /usr/stuff/morestuff/you/sessions/. Use that whole path when you set the value in Admin->Configuration->Sessions->Session Directory. ed <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Like this: home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/sessions That folder is now in the same level as catalog, right. Lotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Lotte, You might want to try setting it at /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/sessions. That way it is outside of accessable Web space. ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super2000 Posted May 7, 2005 Author Share Posted May 7, 2005 Ed, That did not work. It would not let me add the folder outside of httpdocs. I quess whats outside the web is what the server puts in. Any other suggestion? Lotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Lotte, Go with /home/httpd/vhosts/super2000.com/httpdocs/sessions/. ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Vger Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Only just noticed this thread. If your root directory is (for instance) /var/www/html/ and you want to place a folder called 'tmp' in /var/www/ you are correct - you won't have permission to do so. So just contact your hosting company, tell them what you need to do, and ask them to create the folder for you and give you (site owner) access to load files to that folder. Vger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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