[TYPO3-english] BE unable login error and session error

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

On 15-7-2011 8:51, Girmangus Hailu wrote:
> i have  install typo3 version 4.5.2 on my Ubuntu machine and it works as i
> want. i have checked this on windows too simply exporting and importing. the
> problem occurred when i shift to the web server.  as usual i simply import
> the database and upload the files. but i face the following problem.
> *Fatal error*: session_start() [<a
> href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Failed to
> initialize storage module: files (path: ) in *
> /opt/xampp/htdocs/tigrai/typo3/index.php* on line *122*
> *
> *
> i try to contact the hosting company and they have given the code below to
> add to the files. and i have added the code to the init.php
> ini_set("session.save_handler", "files");
> session_save_path ("./session/");

You should *not* change the TYPO3 core files. This problem should be 
solved by the hosting company, because it is an incorrect PHP 
configuration. This ought to be set correctly in the php.ini file.

I'm not sure where the ./session/ directory is located, but I hope that 
it is not world-readable (which could lead to session hijacking).

http://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.save-handler

> the session problem has solved but i can't able to login. i try to change
> the admin password and add another admin using the typo3/install/ but not a
> solution to my problem. it shows me the following error.
>
> Your login attempt did not succeed
>
> Make sure to spell your username and password correctly, including
> upper/lowercase characters.

This can happen if the MySQL version on the server is different from the 
version on the Ubuntu machine and they use a different password scheme. 
Also problems with older, incompatible MySQL clients in PHP can cause 
such problems:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/old-client.html

-- 
Kind regards / met vriendelijke groet,

Jigal van Hemert.