By trojan99 on

i use 1 and 1 hosting. i have a shared hosting developer package on a linux run server set up with apache, php, and mysql, which gives me a lot of freedom, but i dont have root access to the server. thats okay, as they have loosened restrictions a LOT recently. trying to use php on 1and1 a cpl of years ago was like playing tennis on the highway.

anyway. i have subdreamer on one site working great, but that does not require 2 things which drupal needs.

session.save_handler needs to be 'user' and the global 1and1 settings for php5 are set to 'files'

session.cache_limiter is recommended to be at 'none' and global 1and1 is set to 'nocache'

my account settings are unfortunately matched with the global settings :(

i sent a request for tech support to the host, but they needs like 3 days and a promise of candy to reply, so im hoping any1 here can help me determine
1. if i can change that
2. how?

thank you in advance for guidance!

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benofsky’s picture

benofsky commented

From my knowledge it's not possible, I don't see why they wouldn't do it for you.
Ben
Benofsky Park.com

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dvessel commented

This may be obvious but did you attempt to install yet? Because those settings are in the '/sites/default/settings.php' file with those exact settings & more. There's also a link in there that shows you what settings can be over ridden depending on the server of course.

–joon
http://www.dvessel.com

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genemcc commented

Hey trojan99!

I also use 1and1. While it is true that you cannot access the PHP.INI file if you don't have root access, 1and1 allows you to set up your own PHP.INI for local changes to any and all of the settings in the master PHP.INI.

All you have to do is create a text file and call it PHP.INI. Add to it any changes you'd like to make. Such as:

session.save_handler = user
session.cache_limiter = none

Upload your new PHP.INI to your directory. This will now changes those settings for all php files that run from that directory (or any of it's subdirectories). So if you need to tweak your php settings differently for different sites, all you need do is add a PHP.INI to each site's root directory and you're ready to go!

This will also change these settings for any version of php that has the setting. Since you can run php3, php4, or php5 at 1and1 this could be useful.

I hope this helps!

--Gene

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trojan99 commented

hah gene, u replied as i was. yeah, i saw that in the faqs they pointed out to me while they were trying to hurry me off the phone, and which is the process i followed. but as you can see from my above reply, that wasnt all that waas needed. but im "special", so why shouldnt my host give me a "special" account. by special i mean a bit retarded.

im kidding, i think they are a good host, and they solved whatever it was stopping me from installing.

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muhammadsherazmirza commented

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trojan99 commented

thank you both for your prompt replies. i had heard the user base was responsive.

anyway, this is how it went down, in case anyone searches this issue in the future

the errors i received seemed to be anomalous, and not the norm. after calling my host, they didnt do it for me [change my php settings], but they did something, bcz when they told me to try it again, voila, i was installed almost as quick as it took to unzip the drupal package.

they had originally told me that 'settings.php' wouldnt be recognized in regards to modifying my php.ini., and i had to write a php.ini with rewrites for just those 2 variables. that didnt work, so they put me on hold for a while, and said do it again [install drupal], but delete that ini file you just uploaded to your root. LOL

i checked my global settings, and compared them to my account, and now i am properly set up. this wasnt a drupal issue, as they told me [every tech company i do business with is so quick to blame open source], but a hosting issue which never was revealed to me.

a minute ago i saw my admin panel, and now im excited to get to learning Drupal.