[Mediawiki-l] Loss of Session Data

Travian Wiki travwiki at 30gigs.com
Sat Feb 3 19:23:39 UTC 2007


Remember to check "Remember Me" when you login because it seems to lose the session if you don't and when you go back to the main page you are already logged out.

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 13:17:06 -0600, Travian Wiki <travwiki at 30gigs.com> wrote:
> Did you try to edit the page multiple times?  Sometimes the edit will work
> on the first submit, but most of the time you have to hit submit over and
> over until you don't get a session error.
> 
> How do you find where the sessions are trying to be stored and where they
> should be stored?  Remember, this is a webhost so I probably won't be able
> to do much about server errors.  I tried installing MW on another webhost
> and ended up with the same problem, which makes me think it is a problem
> with MW v1.9.2
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>>I was able to edit the Main Page, while both logged in and not.
>>
>>When I had this problem, viewing the apache logs made me aware that
>>MediaWiki wanted to store the session files in a directory that did not
>>exist!  Although not the best solution, creating said directory resolved
> the
>>problem.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Franklin Bowen
>>CSC Applied Technology Division
>>21841-B Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653
>>Voice: 301.737.8141
>>Franklin.Bowen at suretrak21.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Travian
> Wiki
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 7:30 PM
> To: mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Loss of Session Data
> 
> I forgot to say that you can test at
> http://travianeer.byethost31.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> Username = Test
> Password = tester
> 
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:12:14 -0600, Travian Wiki <travwiki at 30gigs.com>
> wrote:
>> When I login and try to post on my wiki I get an error, "Sorry! We could
>> not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again.
> If
>> it still doesn't work, try logging out and logging back in."
>>
>> I will occasionally get this error when I try to edit as a guest, but
> get
>> it 100% of the time when I post as a user.  I can logout and login
> again,
>> I click "Remember Me", I have tired clearing my cache (cookies/history),
>> nothing works.
>>
>> How do I fix this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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