The session save path '/var/lib/php/session' is not writable.

[Tommaso]

Hello,

when trying to install Revive AdServer I immediatelly get this error:

The session save path '/var/lib/php/session' is not writable.

I actually don't even see this directyory, it does not exist.

any suggestion?

thanks

[Ian]

mkdir /var/lib/php/session ; chown $user:$group /var/lib/php/session

 

where $user and $group are the user/group which your httpd is running on (nginx/httpd/www-user)

[Tommaso]

Thanks for the reply but actually I am not capable of doing what you are suggesting. I have a plesk access but I am not confortable with linux command line. I could get some assistance though. Is this directory supposed to be created in the root of the server or in the web domain root?

[Ian]

Normally it's just a path on the server. I have no idea about how Plesk handles that.

[Tommaso]

with Plesk I don't think I can create a path on the server, just in the websites' root

[Matteo Beccati]

@Tommaso could you please send me a link to a phpinfo() page via direct message?

[Matteo Beccati]

Turns out the PHP setup was correct and the error message was wrongly triggered. It's a Revive Adserver bug that will be fixed in 4.0.1.

[Tommaso]

Thanks @Matteo Beccati for your collaboration.

[Matteo Beccati]

For reference, just delete or comment out the if block in the __construct method of lib/OX/Admin/UI/SessionStorage.php in order to bypass the check.

[dennisbrouwer]

HI Matteo, would that look like this..? Deleting the IF block causes a 500 error.

class OX_Admin_UI_SessionStorage implements OX_Admin_UI_Storage
{
    private $id;
    private $path;

    function __construct($id = null, $path = null)
    {
        {
            $path = session_save_path();
             {
                
            }
        }

        $this->id = isset($id)? $id : 'session_id';
        $this->path = $path;
    }

Edited November 1, 2016 by dennisbrouwer
500 Server Error

[Aramon]

Hello,

I solved it by deleting lines:

//            if (!empty($path) && !is_writable($path)) {
//                echo htmlspecialchars("The session save path '{$path}' is not writable.");
//                exit;
//            }

of lib/OX/Admin/UI/SessionStorage.php