Fix for authorization issues on shared hosting (custom session path) #3

roblen commented 2026年04月11日 20:06:21 +02:00

I encountered an issue where authorization would fail on certain shared hosting environments. After redirecting back from the provider, the application would "lose" the session state, making it impossible to complete the login.

Cause:
This is often caused by restrictive permissions or aggressive garbage collection in the server's default PHP session directory (e.g., /var/lib/php/sessions).

Solution:
Defining a custom, local session path within the webspace resolves this. I added the following line to the bootstrap.php to ensure the application uses its own protected directory for session data:

ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files');
ini_set('session.save_path', SESSIONS_PATH);

I encountered an issue where authorization would fail on certain shared hosting environments. After redirecting back from the provider, the application would "lose" the session state, making it impossible to complete the login. Cause: This is often caused by restrictive permissions or aggressive garbage collection in the server's default PHP session directory (e.g., /var/lib/php/sessions). Solution: Defining a custom, local session path within the webspace resolves this. I added the following line to the bootstrap.php to ensure the application uses its own protected directory for session data: ``` ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files'); ini_set('session.save_path', SESSIONS_PATH); ```

adele commented 2026年04月12日 17:56:05 +02:00

Thanks

ea1cd7deac

Thanks https://codeberg.org/adele/smolfedi/commit/ea1cd7deacd5232427798d9c26397c4f8ee92a45