Login screen problems

[jlancaster]

I've just performed a fresh install of cacti. Here is the setup:
O/S - WinXP Pro SP1
Apache v1.3.27 installed at c:\Apache (note the unfortunate captial "A")
MySQL v4.0.9-gamma installed at c:\mysql
PHP v4.3.0 installed at c:\php

I've made it past the install screens to the login screen where I get the following errors:

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/tmp\sess_bd3f3ff1a6805e60816c54d2192f2790, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in c:\Apache\htdocs\cacti\include\auth.php on line 30

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at c:\Apache\htdocs\cacti\include\auth.php:30) in c:\Apache\htdocs\cacti\include\auth.php on line 30

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at c:\Apache\htdocs\cacti\include\auth.php:30) in c:\Apache\htdocs\cacti\include\auth.php on line 30

I read through the forums and found msg #885. I checked my php.ini and it reads:
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

I've restarted apache a couple of times, but still no go. I even dug into MySQL and put the dang capital "A" in the web_root field to make sure that wasn't causing the problem.

I'm logged in as an Administrator-equivalent user, but I'm guessing that it is still a rights issue. In one message (I've misplaced the thread number), there was a mention of a rights issue with c:\php\sessiondata. I don't have that subdirectory. Could this be a part of the problem?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jim Lancaster
Dallas, TX

[jlancaster]

Yikes. I found a post that said the directory c:\tmp needed to exist. I created it and the problem immediately went away. PLEASE ADD THIS TO THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS!!!!

[jeremy]

YES PLEASE!!!!
I just ran into the same problem and this was the issue!!!

[raX]

Adding it now....

-Ian