Re: session/login issue

"Mark" <markw@mohawksoft.com> wrote in message news:B9.24.12809.0B9B6F54@pb1.pair.com... > Gunter Sammet wrote: > >> Hi all: >> I inherited an application using PHP 5.1.4 with MySQL 4.1.20, >> Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) on a VPS server with Plesk 7.5. The >> authentication >> used to work just fine till yesterday. Now it doesn't authenticate >> anymore. My debugging so far hasn't revelaed much. It seems like the >> sessions are not started or started and destroyed right away again. >> Session handling is done via session class with session data stored in >> the >> database. The database doesn't contain any data but debugging revealed >> that session data is written to the DB and then immediately deleted. >> >> None application of the code has changed. Haven't had a chance yet to >> find >> out if the hosting company changed/updated anything. I suspect it has >> something to do with the environment but at the moment I am spinning >> wheels. Any pointers would be appreciated! >> Thanks, > > Check the time on the server. The DST patch may not have been applied and > that elapsed time for a session could be a negative number. That did the trick. Thanks for the pointer!