A Big installation difficulty - HELP!

[bennyboyuk]

Hi there,

I have a few OsCommerce sites that I have done for family members and have come across a real dificulty with this one for some reson with the following error message which many people have had ::

 

Warning: session_save_path(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp) is not within the allowed path(s): (d:\users) in d:\users\foxycardsuk\public_html\includes\functions\sessions.php on line 169

 

Warning: session_save_path(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp) is not within the allowed path(s): (d:\users) in d:\users\foxycardsuk\public_html\includes\functions\sessions.php on line 169

 

I have been through the pages on the forum and learned enough to ensure my servers safe mode is off and I have used phpMyAdmin wo ensure the tmp file has no slashes before or after. However this problem still persists.

 

I imagine it is the same thing but my admin is also blocked

 

I have contacted my server (supanames who have given me the following:::

 

Well, the error on the website says

Warning: session_save_path(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp) is not within the allowed path(s): (d:\\users) in d:\\users\\foxycardsuk\\public_html\\includes\\functions\\sessions.php on line 169

 

However the http://foxycards.co.uk/phpinfo.php

says

session.save_path

E:\\PHP\\sessiondata E:\\PHP\\sessiondata

Somewhere in your script, you are ignoring the servers session save path and trying to write to a path which is not allowed.You need to find somewhere in your script where this session save path is defined and change it.

 

I have tried changing through phpMyAdmin the 2 references to the tmp file to the above but I still get the same error as above.

 

I have been on this for 2 solid days and am well stuck - I would be sooo grateful to anyone who can help me out!!

 

Thanks

Ben

[burt]

Store sessions in the database. See the bottom of /includes/configure.php

[bennyboyuk]

Store sessions in the database. See the bottom of /includes/configure.php

 

Thanks - I have had a look at that - there is no reference to the tmp file there, but even when I put the E\PHP\storesessions in the '' - it just kicks more errors, am I wacking it in the wrong place??

[burt]

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

[bennyboyuk]

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

 

Hi there cheers again - that is what I have already

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

?>

[bennyboyuk]

sever has told me that sessions have to be saved in the E: path above - can I change OS to use this instead of d:/users/???

 

Thanks

[bennyboyuk]

Still stuck on this one - anyone with any ideas pleeeeeeze??

[BryceJr]

Try this.

Create a folder at the level of your public_html folder/directory and call it temp_sessions or whatever name you want to call it. If you can't create a folder at your server, create one at your computer and upload it at the level of your public_html folder/directory.

 

Go to your store's admin and go to tools--file manager. Click the folder you created and on top copy the path of that folder.

 

Still in admin, under SESSIONS ---session directory, paste the path to that box.

[Guest]

Try this.

Create a folder at the level of your public_html folder/directory and call it temp_sessions or whatever name you want to call it. If you can't create a folder at your server, create one at your computer and upload it at the level of your public_html folder/directory.

 

Go to your store's admin and go to tools--file manager. Click the folder you created and on top copy the path of that folder.

 

Still in admin, under SESSIONS ---session directory, paste the path to that box.

But don't use the admin file manager, use and ftp program or your web hosts control panel.

[bennyboyuk]

But don't use the admin file manager, use and ftp program or your web hosts control panel.

 

 

 

Thanks very much for the help guys - it is all sorted - after all that there must have been some kind of problem on the initial instal. I deleted it off the system and re-installed it and then changed the /tmp/ to tmp again and this time it worked - - weird huh???? But once again with out people like you helping us - we would be stuffed!!!!

 

Cheers

Ben