User talk:Robert Harrison~metawiki/Archive 1

Hi Robert,

I noticed you made a significant number of edits on the wiki_on_a_stick page. I've been using a Wiki to take notes in class and it is quite useful. I was wondering If you can help or know someone who can help with some problems I've been having. Basically, for whatever reason, my computer does not allow me to stay logged in, including System Operator and Administrator accounts. This is inconvenient because I cannot use the full potential of the Wiki platform. I'm guessing from the problem has something to do with cookies, and can't figure it out. Thanks in advance. Shashe 02:09, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Shashe,

The best thing that I can suggest for you to do would be to look over this section of the logging in page. Regarding cookie usage... open your brower's cookie settings. There should be a several cookies with the domain name as localhost. If there are none then it is may very well be a cookie issue. Hope this helps... (will post note on user's talk page that a response has been made.) --Robert Harrison 03:46, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so far[edit]

Ok so I set up a cookie exeption for the localhost and I can stay logged in, but now I have this problem:

"Also, the Save Page button might act as if one had pressed the Show Preview button when a user is logged in, but work correctly when one is not logged in."

...and am not sure how to fix it. Thanks again. Shashe 23:46, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, this is way out of my league. I will try to be of further assistance, but I must state that I cannot be blamed if anything goes wrong. Deal?...

Okay, here we go... We need to take a look at your php.ini file. On my system it is found at:

<pre; width="20">diskw\usr\local\php

Also, the file type might be labeled as Configuration Settings

Open the php.ini file using a simple text editor such as notepad. Once it is opened maximize the window if it is not already. It should have the following characteristics:

this is some php code that is parsed by the server
; this is a php comment, not parsed by the server... this comment extends to the end of the line ----->

Now we need to find this particular setting: session.save_path We can use the built-in find tool to do so. There should be several instances where session.save_path is found. We want the one that is not preceeded by a ; (semicolon) at the beginning of the line. On my system the setting is as follows:

<pre; width="30">session.save_path = "/tmp"

tmp is one of the directories that was provided with the download. Tell me if you have this particular setting and if so what is listed to the right of the equals sign.

--Robert Harrison 04:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again. That is the same setting on my system also. I searched for the "tmp" directory and did not find it, this might be the problem. I would think that creating this directory might solve the promlem, but am unsure of which parent directory to put it in.

On my system the the diskw directory is the parent directory of the tmp directory. Put it there and see what happens... (crossing my fingers) --Robert Harrison 17:00, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, thanks for all your help. I can finally log in and edit pages and am currently overhauling my wiki. As the system operator I can now move and delete pages. Awsome. Pretty soon I'll copy a lot of the pages into a new wiki that I'll broadcast globally. Man... SQL is tough. Shashe 19:44, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]