Hello all. I am stuck with a few issues, after installing Debian 6 on a server. When I try to install a software called ActiveCampaign, I get the following error ... "Your server does not appear to be handling sessions properly."

I have install Apache, PHP, MySql and Perl already. Also, after the server restarts, I Webmin will not automatically start, even thou it is setup in the Webmin configuration to start with the server. I have to use /etc/init.d/webmin start from a command line after I su.

My last question is about ftp permissions. I have install proftpd and it seems to be working fine, but when I try to edit any file or upload, I can not. In order to upload and manipulate files, I am using WinSCP under root, wich is a big NO NO.

Sorry for the three questions, but I figured I would ask all in one post, instead of creating multiple, since I already have your attention.

My priority is to fix the sessions issue, your help will be greatly appreciated it. Thanks

PS... Original post @Linux-Newbie

Hey, there, and welcome to the pack!

Some side thoughts. In order to upload, you need to have an account. I'd set up an account on the server. That user will get a folder on the server. set the FTP server up to let the user upload only to that folder (chroot-jailing it's called on VSFTPD - the one I use)

Do you hace an /etc/rc.conf ? You may need to add the file there to have it start up along with the rest...

Luck

Thor

Hi Thor. Yes, I do have an account. It is the account I used to setup the OS installation. This is my 1st installation of Debian and I am doing a LOT of reading! I switched from CentOS because everything I read, said Debian was better for servers. I guess I got to used to installing using yum. FTP is not my biggest concern right now, since I can use Webmin or WinSCP to upload the program files I need to install and the webpage to Apache, but I can not keep using root, since I will eventually will be uploading html email creatives all the time. Thanks for your response.

Okay, so, I assume that's the account for the "day-to-day" user, in the installer, you (in my experience) make two accounts, a Root and a User account. You may need to give that user the proper permissions to write stuff...that's all. I suggest a symlink from the user's folder to the destination (/var/www/html I guess)

Thor

Yep, actually I made several accounts, because this is going to be a mailing server. Yes, I need to control the /var/www/ directory under this particular user account. I must be missing something, because I do not see where I need to set the proper permissions!

You're not missing anything...dont worry ...what I'd do is set up a link

...that means that if sue enters her folder, she'll see a "folder" that is accessible to her, but it's like a "wormhole" to /var/www/html/whatever...of course THERE, the permissions must allow het to do stuff...
I give the user ownership...but then, I'm that user...so, that's okay. But, a mount ought to do, I think.

Thor

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