Re: Problem starting session

Check your php.ini file, you should set the temp dir setting to semething like C:\tmp and make sure that C:\tmp exists and that whatever user your site is running as in IIS is set to have read/write access... /tmp\sess........ is for unix...it's not a valid path (/tmp is what is defined as the temp dir in php.ini) -js ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lee" <lee@mediawaveonline.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Problem starting session > does the dir exist ? I dont use win2k for php so im guessing. win2k also has > some sort of permissions doesnt it ? does the dir have to have the same > perms that the server does ? linux needs this to be true. > > -- > > Chris Lee > lee@mediawaveonline.com > > > "Ben Edwards" <ben@videonetwork.org> wrote in message > news:4.2.0.58.20010523174532.00ad5150@post.gifford.co.uk... > > I am getting the following on a Windows 2000 Professional installation > when > > I try to start a session: > > > > Warning: open(/tmp\sess_9ab091b811c5675d90fabf4392b3c110, O_RDWR) failed: > m > > (2) in > > e:\inetpub\wwwroot\cd\common.inc on line 27 > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > Ben > > *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ > > * Ben Edwards lostit@videonetwork.org +44 (0)7970 269 522 * > > * Campaign Against proper English, Dyslexia division * > > * Homepage > >http://www.gifford.co.uk/~bedwards * > > * i-Contact Progressive Video > > http://www.videonetwork.org * > > * Smashing the Corporate image > > http://www.subvertise.org * > > * Bristol's radical news > > http://www.bristle.co.uk * > > * Open Directory Project > > http://www.dmoz.org * > > *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >