" Session save path.... /tmp, Unwriteable"

well, I find some things about that problem, but no solution...can anybody help ?
thanks

here is picture of my problem:

well, that was a hosting problem, they solv it, but now I get blank screen, any ideas?
thanks

I'm afraid that there's some sort of parse error hidden on the page, which is not visible because display errors is set to off.
Are you allowed to use .htaccess files to overwrite php settings?

I have same problem, I seem to have access to the .htaccess file, what should I write in it ?


sincerely
Michael

p.s.
I have installed it anyway on a test site, and it does seem to work anyway... but maybe I am missing something 

If it's working it's ok
Some server wrongly say the session path isn't writable and than after that things still work. THe only place joomla uses sessions is the administrator panel. If that's working, you should be fine.

Hi.

I wrote:

php_value register_globals 0

php_value session.save_path ../../tmp/

Worked for me 

Where did you made the corrections??

I'd open notepad, wrote it and save as .htaccess file. Then uploaded it by FTP

Thanks!

But I have a strange problem as I tried to install the Joomla 1.0.3, It says Session save path  /var/lib/php4, Unwriteable  !!

Any idea??

PS.
And I dont know where the hell this file  /var/lib/php4, is !!

  are U sure that U have apahePHP v.4.x.x and NOT v5.x.x because there are big diffence.

Yes I hope so, since I got the following in the list

PHP version >= 4.1.0  Yes 
  - zlib compression support  Available 
  - XML support  Available 
  - MySQL support  Available     
    configuration.php  Writeable 
  Session save path  /var/lib/php4, Unwriteable 

and know what!!? I tried editing the htaccess.txt but still the message was the same, so I just went to the next step and completed the installation and you know waht!! It did give me the administrator page !! But the template administration etc are not working now 

No No not the htaccess.txt file,  but make a new one with notepad. And try write :

php_value register_globals 0

php_value session.save_path '/var/lib/php4'

And save as "all file"> .htaccess

After the installation, delete the installation folder by ftp of the site.

Well, I am not sure why, but i just left the htaccess.txt as I said before and disabled my Norton Internet Security, Guess what!?, my administration top menu works!! no problems 

Now I must play with it sometime tomorrow and see whats all in store for me !!!

Hi,

same problem with me too

can you please help me

i try to upload in this directory templates/mscsd/images but i got this error in FTp.

COMMAND:> STOR biglogo.gif
STATUS:>  Connecting FTP data socket 63.247.72.42:29030...
553-Can't open that file: Permission denied
553 Rename/move failure: No such file or directory
ERROR:>  Access denied.

Hi, I'm getting a similar problem in the Pre-Installation Check section...  the the save session path is unwriteable.
The only difference is that the path name is different.  Here are the contents of that section: -


          PHP version >= 4.1.0  Yes 
            - zlib compression support  Available 
            - XML support  Available 
            - MySQL support  Available 
          configuration.php  Writeable 
          Session save path  /home/phpsessions, Unwriteable


In the Recommended Settings section the only one upon which I am non-compliant is Register Globals which
is ON.  In the Directory and File Permissions section everything is writeable.

I tried to make changes to the htaccess.txt file without success, and caused server errors when trying to make
and modify the .htaccess file.  It's more than likely I am doing something monumentally stupid, but help would
be greatly appreciated.  Cheers.

The session save path is related with the php.ini file! The, look for the line where it's session_path and put there efter the equal the /tmp folder or what ever to you want and confugured to be the session folder.

Aloha, i'm having my first ever steps in Joomla and while i'm setting it up for the first time i seem to have a similar error :



What i've already tried is making a .htaccess file with the following data in it :



where /html is the path where i've installed Joomla on my Apache server (actually it's the default path where i install stuff like this). Help is appreciated, i already googled for it but it seems the .htaccess trick does it for most of people, except me.. Thx in advance

I must also say i've already tried this in my .htaccess file :





When i do that i get a page 500 server error 

Joomla is reading the php.ini file. Look in there for the sesion_path
Then, modify the .htaccess file

I have a somewhat similar problem that I just posted on my own. That is, I have no htaccess file and all of my pre-check installation settings are green and ok except for globals being off. The trouble I have is, that I can not create or use a preexisting DB I've created on my hosting service. I can create and access it, all the information I'm inserting in step 1 is correct, but I get error "incorrect name and password" which after talking to my livechat support and logging into my DB in phpadmin, I think I have to direct or clarify something in the joomla install. I'm dumbfounded as to how I can ftp up the installation folder have access to things such as mysql and phpadmin and yet the installation will not go through.

If anyone cares, I just posted this problem in more detail and again am confused that my problem is not an FAQ since I would assume newbies would have similar issues. I had no idea just trying to install on a hosting server could be so much trouble and cost me 3 days or time.

Hey Motoridder, thx for your reply. But i'm using external hosting by server4you.de, what can you advice me?

In your situation, I would talk with the service mentainance at the hoting company (if you payd some money), else...I think about it and then put here an answer.

Seems it's not possible through the hosting company, you got any additional ideas Motoridder? Thx in advance

Can someone help me to?..

What do i have to do? I readed all this thread and nothing helps to me..

You have to edit php.ini file.
You will see a portion of the file that has ; in front of session.save_path = "/tmp"
remove the ; in front of that line and restart apache server (apachectl graceful).
It should now work!

Simply create the /tmp folder in your Joomla installation directory (or create a tmp folder and upload it via FTP.)
Edit (or create/upload if does not exist) .htaccess

insert this:
php_value register_globals 0
php_value session.save_path /tmp

reload your browser, you should see:

Session save path  Writeable
/tmp

if it says Unwriteable, simply change permissions to 0777 (rw)

Hi,

I have the captioned problem and would like to share my troubleshooting experience for your reference.

I tested it on a Synology DS106e (with Chinese version of Joomla!) and a DS107e in English.

After creating the necessary DB, user/id in the SOHO servers and expanded the joomla zip files
into the web drive (ie accessible publicly, writable), I then edit the index.php file by putting in the
the following string as the first line

init_set ('session.save_path',"/tmp");

where /tmp is created under joomla, which is a directory under the web drive, i.e. W:/joomla/tmp

This will only 'cheat' the installation programme, it will show /tmp, writable in the checklist. The installation
will complete with no problem. However, if you check the administration section after the installation, it
will give you "session save path - none " in the system information menu.

To overcome it, copy the same string into the configuration.php, which is created by the installation
programme, as the first line. Then restart joomla and check the system information menu again, it
will show you the session pave as /tmp.

Hope this will be helpful in some way.

Samueln