Can't login to admin

[amdovsen]

I'm new to Joomla. Just installed it using install central. The site comes up but it won't take my passwords. I tried a fix I found on the joomla site which was to reset the password to 'admin' but it still doesn't work. Anybody here able to help? Thanks in advance.

[entrecon]

First, makesure you don't have a firewall or other security stopping the connection. This would include making sure you can accept cookies

Second, you can look at http://www.oscandy.com/blog/36-reset-admin-password-in-joomla and see if these steps will help you reset the password (this should be done after the first item above) and it may be the same steps you used before, but might be worth checking.

[HalfaBee]

You might wat to check you have a valid session dir for php.
Look in the sticky post in the php forum.

[aqpusa]

I'm new to Joomla. Just installed it using install central. The site comes up but it won't take my passwords. I tried a fix I found on the joomla site which was to reset the password to 'admin' but it still doesn't work. Anybody here able to help? Thanks in advance.

Control cannot accede to the panel, already I did all the previous one :cool:
CGI Error Logs

PHP Warning: Unknown(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/php_sessions) in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Unknown(): open(/var/php_sessions/sess_1277c51d3beb7d978de4be1f326b1a36, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_1277c51d3beb7d978de4be1f326b1a36, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /hermes/web05/b867/pow.aXX/htdocs/XXX/america/administrator/index2.php on line 30
PHP Warning: session_write_close() [<a href='function.session-write-close'>function.session-write-close</a>]: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/php_sessions) in /hermes/web05/b867/pow.aXX/htdocs/XXX/america/administrator/index.php on line 131
PHP Warning: session_write_close() [<a href='function.session-write-close'>function.session-write-close</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_1277c51d3beb7d978de4be1f326b1a36, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /hermes/web05/XX/pow.aXX/htdocs/XXX/america/administrator/index.php on line 131
PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_1277c51d3beb7d978de4be1f326b1a36, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /hermes/web05/XX/pow.aXXX/htdocs/XXX/america/administrator/index.php on line 88

[dmacminn]

Unknown(): open(/var/php_sessions/sess_1277

Looks a lot like the session.save_path variable not set correctly in the php.ini...

[tpoynton]

where is it installed? I installed a coppermine gallery to a subdomain mapped to a folder in htdocs (using install central). if I go to sub.domain.com, I cant log into the control panel (but I can view); if i go to www.domain.com/DirInHtdocs, I can log in just fine...

[aqpusa]

ok thanks
"session.save_path = /home/users/web/b1074/pow.xxxxx/htdocs/tmp"

[Momsminivan]

I am also having this same problem. It's a brand new fresh install of Joomla. I can't log in. I tried uninstalling and redoing it. Nothing. Same problem. I don't exactly understand where I can fix the code described above.

[Momsminivan]

OK, I figured out how to edit the php.ini file. Here's how in case anyone else is as dense as I was:

Log in to Ops. From your main page, in the website management box, click "CGI and Scripted Language Support".
Then click "php scripting". Then near the bottom of that page you will see a box where you can edit your php.ini file.

Scroll about 3/4 of the way down through the text until you get to the lines for "Session". change the session path to what is given above in aqpusa's post, and be sure to enter your own site username instead of the xxx's.

Good luck.