Joomla installation

[dizzzy]

I have installed joomla using fantastico to my shared joomla hosting web space. The install seemed to go very well, sessions folder is writable and I could log into the admin area with no problems.

My problems started when I tried to add or amend content. Every time I click save or apply I get logged out of the admin area and directed to the public side front page.

After a bit of digging I think the problem is not write access to the sessions directory as I originally thought but access to the actual session file within the sessions directory.
I think the joomla scripts are running under the chmod user name 'nobody' and I don't think this user name belongs to any chmod user group. As a result when the session file is created by the script it is created with the chomod permissions 600 or '-rw-------'. Which means that the script cannot access the sessions file it just created.

Any suggestions anybody can give as to how I can solve this problem would be a big help.

Thanks in advance
Dizzzy

[jon123]

is this a cross-post? Don't know whether same post as Kev has replied to. If so sry Kev.

Afraid I have no knowledge of joomla or any other cms but here are my thoughts for what it's worth.
If it is logging you out then poss:

Can you set session timeout in the config settings?
Privacy and security settings on your browser or blocking?

[dizzzy]

Originally Posted by jon123

is this a cross-post? Don't know whether same post as Kev has replied to. If so sry Kev.

Afraid I have no knowledge of joomla or any other cms but here are my thoughts for what it's worth.
If it is logging you out then poss:

Can you set session timeout in the config settings?
Privacy and security settings on your browser or blocking?

No this is not a cross post, This is the only place I have posted this question.

I have tried the browser settings but I will have a look at the session time out in the config file.

Thanks for you help

[jon123]

this maybe of help???

1) login to the adminisrator section of your site
2) Click on the Global Configuration button on the main page
3) Look for the "Server" tab once the config has loaded and click this tab
4) You will see a setting called: "Session Authentication Method:" and next to it there is a drop down list. Yours will most likely be set to Level 3 and herein lies the problem.
5) Change the value to Level 2 or Level 1
6) Click the Save button and your problem is solved.

[dizzzy]

Thanks jon123,

The session time out did the trick ,

Could not alter the settings from Global config as your second post suggested so I altered this line in configuration.php Instead.

$mosConfig_session_life_admin = '3800';

Works a treat Thanks again.

[jon123]

You're welcome, glad you sorted it!

[kev woodman]

Slightly different problem - although the solution is possibly the same, what are the chances?

[jon123]

50/50 ???

Any thoughts on the formmail problem?
Path to perl right?

[kev woodman]

Well I'm no expert on Perl but that path doesn't look right to me. The hosting is Linux is it?

[jon123]

Good question! you knowI never even asked..