login fails on php app with internet explorer only

Question

I have a php appl deployed on an apache2 server running on an older release of ubuntu.

I have 4 other servers running what SHOULD be an identical configuration (evidently isn't though).

The facts I have so far:

I can login fine with firefox to this system and all others
I can't login with internet explorer (It doesn't seem to set a PHPSESSID, and so takes me back to the login screen)
If I put the wrong password in, I get taken to the "wrong password" screen.

So it looks like the issue is that php is not starting the session for ie clients, any ideas for where to start looking?

Cheers

Rich

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '10 at 02:08

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check your settings for session into php.ini if settings are saved server side on disk make sure that the user that runs the web server process can write into that location

answered Dec 10 '10 at 02:08

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If that were the case, it would not work in any browser. – richo Dec 10 '10 at 02:09
did you look if cookies are enabled into ie ? – silviud Dec 10 '10 at 15:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '10 at 02:09

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date on the server was incorrect, so the cookies were invalid as soon as they were sent.

answered Dec 10 '10 at 02:09

richo

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How far was the skew? I'd be interested in knowing how much FF tolerated. – benc Dec 10 '10 at 02:48
Please mark this answer as correct. :) – Andrew M. Dec 10 '10 at 04:47
It won't let me mark my answer as correct for 2 days :( @benc: Skew was pretty decent, 33000 seconds if memory serves. – richo Dec 10 '10 at 06:09

login fails on php app with internet explorer only

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