Getting session to work

I'm trying to use my own session handler. I tried several examples before trying it out on my local box. It worked, and I don't know why it didn't work on the other. Here are the setups: My local box (where it works): OS: Windows 2000 PHP 4.0.6 Apache 1.3.x I didn't even have to set the handler setting from "files" to "user", and it worked. Original box (where it does not work) OS: FreeBSD 4.4 PHP 4.0.6 Apache 1.3.22 The session value basically doesn't get changed at all. No errors get printed, just no change in session value. The example I ended up finally using is the one described here: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ying20000602.php3 BTW, the "vanilla" session handler is not working under the FreeBSD setup, either. This is the target platform, so I really need to figure this out.... Please, any and all help is appreciated!!!