By zbricoleur on
For some reason, the name of the cookie set by Drupal on a particular server I use (but have little control over) has changed, from "PHPSESSID" to something of the form "SESSxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", where the x's represent a random(?) string of digits and lowercase letters. The new name is the same for every session, i.e., I can visit with different browsers and get the same cookie name in each.
Has anyone run into this?
I checked the phpinfo, and it says session autostart is off. Additionally, I checked the .htaccess file, and session auto_start is set to 0 there as well.
I tried adding
ini_set ('session.name','PHPSESSID');
to settings.php, and that didn't have any effect either.
Comments
Me too
This has happened to me too... any ideas why?
Alex Pott
Finally understood what is going on
In Drupal 5.2 the session name is created in conf_init() function in includes\bootstrap.inc see http://api.drupal.org/api/function/conf_init/5.
For my locally hosted site this means that the session name is set to SESSxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx where the x's represent the md5 hash of localhost/siteroot.
Alex Pott
Still getting Session Mismatch problem :-(
Hi Alex,
I was going through this post, My problem is also quite similar to what youhad before. I am trying to integrate KnowledgeTree with Drupal 5.x I have been following the Install.txt file. Currently I am getting the session mismatch problem. When I try to access the following URL http://127.0.0.1/?q=admin/settings/kt I am getting following error :
The session name return from XMLRPC call (SESScef54f47984626c9efbf070c50bfad1b) does not match current session name (SESSf528764d624db129b32c21fbca0cb8d6). Modify settings.php according to instructions found in install.txt
I have tried tweking my settings.php (localted at /htdocs/sites/all/settings.php) file as per the uinstructions mentioned in the Install.txt file. Following if how my settings.php looks like :
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/**
* @file
* Drupal site-specific configuration file.
*
* IMPORTANT NOTE:
* This file may have been set to read-only by the Drupal installation
* program. If you make changes to this file, be sure to protect it again
* after making your modifications. Failure to remove write permissions
* to this file is a security risk.
*
* The configuration file to be loaded is based upon the rules below.
*
* The configuration directory will be discovered by stripping the
* website's hostname from left to right and pathname from right to
* left. The first configuration file found will be used and any
* others will be ignored. If no other configuration file is found
* then the default configuration file at 'sites/default' will be used.
*
* For example, for a fictitious site installed at
* http://www.drupal.org/mysite/test/, the 'settings.php'
* is searched in the following directories:
*
* 1. sites/www.drupal.org.mysite.test
* 2. sites/drupal.org.mysite.test
* 3. sites/org.mysite.test
*
* 4. sites/www.drupal.org.mysite
* 5. sites/drupal.org.mysite
* 6. sites/org.mysite
*
* 7. sites/www.drupal.org
* 8. sites/drupal.org
* 9. sites/org
*
* 10. sites/default
*
* If you are installing on a non-standard port number, prefix the
* hostname with that number. For example,
* http://www.drupal.org:8080/mysite/test/ could be loaded from
* sites/8080.www.drupal.org.mysite.test/.
*/
/**
* Database settings:
*
* Note that the $db_url variable gets parsed using PHP's built-in
* URL parser (i.e. using the "parse_url()" function) so make sure
* not to confuse the parser. If your username, password
* or database name contain characters used to delineate
* $db_url parts, you can escape them via URI hex encodings:
*
* : = %3a / = %2f @ = %40
* + = %2b ( = %28 ) = %29
* ? = %3f = = %3d & = %26
*
* To specify multiple connections to be used in your site (i.e. for
* complex custom modules) you can also specify an associative array
* of $db_url variables with the 'default' element used until otherwise
* requested.
*
* You can optionally set prefixes for some or all database table names
* by using the $db_prefix setting. If a prefix is specified, the table
* name will be prepended with its value. Be sure to use valid database
* characters only, usually alphanumeric and underscore. If no prefixes
* are desired, leave it as an empty string ''.
*
* To have all database names prefixed, set $db_prefix as a string:
*
* $db_prefix = 'main_';
*
* To provide prefixes for specific tables, set $db_prefix as an array.
* The array's keys are the table names and the values are the prefixes.
* The 'default' element holds the prefix for any tables not specified
* elsewhere in the array. Example:
*
* $db_prefix = array(
* 'default' => 'main_',
* 'users' => 'shared_',
* 'sessions' => 'shared_',
* 'role' => 'shared_',
* 'authmap' => 'shared_',
* 'sequences' => 'shared_',
* );
*
* Database URL format:
* $db_url = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename';
* $db_url = 'mysqli://username:password@localhost/databasename';
* $db_url = 'pgsql://username:password@localhost/databasename';
*/
$db_url = 'mysql://root:root@localhost/dms';
$db_prefix = '';
/**
* Base URL (optional).
*
* If you are experiencing issues with different site domains,
* uncomment the Base URL statement below (remove the leading hash sign)
* and fill in the URL to your Drupal installation.
*
* You might also want to force users to use a given domain.
* See the .htaccess file for more information.
*
* Examples:
* $base_url = 'http://www.example.com';
* $base_url = 'http://www.example.com:8888';
* $base_url = 'http://www.example.com/drupal';
* $base_url = 'https://www.example.com:8888/drupal';
*
* It is not allowed to have a trailing slash; Drupal will add it
* for you.
*/
#$base_url = 'http://localhost'; // NO trailing slash!
/**
* PHP settings:
*
* To see what PHP settings are possible, including whether they can
* be set at runtime (ie., when ini_set() occurs), read the PHP
* documentation at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list
* and take a look at the .htaccess file to see which non-runtime
* settings are used there. Settings defined here should not be
* duplicated there so as to avoid conflict issues.
*/
ini_set('arg_separator.output', '&');
ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0);
ini_set('magic_quotes_sybase', 0);
ini_set('session.cache_expire', 200000);
ini_set('session.cache_limiter', 'none');
ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime', 2000000);
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 200000);
ini_set('session.save_handler', 'user');
ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);
ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', 0);
ini_set('url_rewriter.tags', '');
/**
* Drupal automatically generates a unique session cookie name for each site
* based on on its full domain name. If you have multiple domains pointing at
* the same Drupal site, you can either redirect them all to a single domain
* (see comment in .htaccess), or uncomment the line below and specify their
* shared base domain. Doing so assures that users remain logged in as they
* cross between your various domains.
*/
$cookie_domain = 'localhost';
/**
* Variable overrides:
*
* To override specific entries in the 'variable' table for this site,
* set them here. You usually don't need to use this feature. This is
* useful in a configuration file for a vhost or directory, rather than
* the default settings.php. Any configuration setting from the 'variable'
* table can be given a new value.
*
* Remove the leading hash signs to enable.
*/
# $conf = array(
# 'site_name' => 'My Drupal site',
# 'theme_default' => 'minnelli',
# 'anonymous' => 'Visitor',
# );
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Pls note that, when I try to access following url http://127.0.0.1/knowledgeTree-OSS it directs me to the KnowledgeTree login page. I can sucessfully login into the KnowledgeTree using admin/admin loguin credentials, but I am faccing session mismatch problem when I try to integrate it with Drupal 5.x
Can you pls suggest me some pointers to explore
Thanks
Jameel
Trying uncommenting the
Trying uncommenting the line
to
And use the address http://localhost/ and http://localhost/knowledgeTree-OSS to access your site.
Regards,
Alex
Alex Pott
Hi Alex, Thanks a lot for
Hi Alex,
Thanks a lot for your reply. I tried uncommenting the above lines. Infact I have tried every permutation by commenting and uncommenting following two lines :
$base_url = 'http://localhost'; // NO trailing slash!
and
$cookie_domain = 'localhost';
Currently my settings.php has both the above two lines and they are uncommented, but I am still getting session mismatch problem.
Another thing to note is that, I can access my Drupal application from http://localhost/
and also, I am able to access KnowledgeTree application when I go to http://localhost/knowledgeTree-OSS (this opens up a page which within few seconds redirects me to the login page)
If I can access the KnowledgeTree application from http://localhost/knowledgeTree-OSS URL, does it mean that, KowledgeTree is integrated with Drupal?
Session mismatch problem still exists.
Pls advice...
Thanks once again for your time.
Jameel
session mismatch problem... pls help
Hello everybody,
Appreciate if anyone who had already faced such problem, pls help me. I am totally clueless as to how should I solve my session mismatch problem. I have tried all the permutation and combinations of commenting and uncommenting following lines in my settings.php file, but to no avail :-(
$base_url = 'http://localhost'; // NO trailing slash!
and
$cookie_domain = 'localhost';
Thanks
Jameel
At last, session values matched !!!!!!!!!
Hi Alex,
Today morning, I did the fresh installation of Drupal (5.x) on my Apache (2.2.8). I created the required DB for the drupal into my database(MySQL Database). After installing the drupal, I configured the KT module and enabled it from the administration screen. Now, when I click KnowledgeTree link (http://localhost/?q=admin/settings/kt), for the first time, I can see Session match message (felt so happy to have this message ;-) )
Session names match (SESS421aa90e079fa326b6494f812ad13e79). KnowledgeTree integration will work
I have one very basic and most important doubt :
When I am integrating Drupal and KnowledgeTree together, somewhere I need to tell Drupal where my Knowledgetree is installed. So can you pls tell me where is that setting done?
As I have not installed my KnowledgeTree, but I have activated the kt module in my drupal, and I am getting the message that session matched and KnowledgeTree integration will work, so clearly I need to install knowledgeTree and the I should tell my drupal about the knowledgeTree installation somewhere.
Currently I am getting a link called DMS (http://localhost/?q=DMS) in my left side block of drupal. When I click this DMS link, I am getting page can not be found message in the right side screen. Is this error because of the fact that KnowledgeTree isnt installed yet?
Pls clarify
Thanks
Jameel
KnowledgeTree and Drupal integration works now
Hello All,
Today I have sucessfully configured Drupal with KnowledgeTree. It is working perfectly fine now :-) Lots of hard work has gone behind this, which has certainly paid off now. This integration was kind of last stuff which was pending into my project and my drupal based project after this integration has almost come to an end. I just want to thank everyone out there in this community who has provided me their valuable support which otherwise would not had been possible. Special thanks goes to Alex for his great module (KT integration) :-)
Thanks a lot guys
Regards
Jameel
KT -drupal (session mismatch problem)
Hello All,
Please help me regarding below issue
I am getting this error onclick of ktdms link in drupal site "The session name return from XMLRPC call (0) does not match current session name (37v7tdskb4n8sfa8nfppsaslb3). Modify settings.php according to instructions found in Knowledge Tree's admin page in Drupal. Or if you see strange character in the returned session name check that your secret keys match"
Best regards
Khaleel