I've been having a TERRIBLE time trying to get Apache::Session to work. It is not as if I am having problems with only one storage subset; I can't get ANY of them to work.

First of all, I tried using Apache::Session::File. However, I recieved an error stating 

TIEHASH not found in Apache::Session::File

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Next, I tried Apache::Session::MySQL. After setting up the database exactly as the instructions state, I again tried to tie. Unfortunately, I recieved yet another error message; method get_lock_manager does not exist in object  at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Apache/Session.pm line 542 After examining the source, I discovered that the suspect line in question was indeed attempting to call a method named get_lock_manager, and that it did not exist.

Finally, I tried using Apache::Session::DBI. This seemed more promising, as the error I recieved was: 

Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Apache/Session/Sys
+VSemaphoreLocker.pm line 46.

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Upon examination of the code, the suspect line is: 
$self->{sem} = new IPC::Semaphore($self->{sem_key}, $self->{nsems}, IP
+C_CREAT | S_IRWXU) || die $!;

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In particular, the permissions argument: IPC_CREAT | S_IRWXU. First of all, I don't understand why database storage needs to use Semaphores, and secondly, why it doesn't work.

I've spent oodles of time trying to get Apache::Session to work, and I am having incredible urges to simply try to roll my own in order to get the functionality I want. I am using the sample scripts included with the distribution (dBs modifed to point to actual locations, of course), so I know I am not doing anything too outrageous. Does anyone have any clue of what I am doing wrong?

In reply to Problems with Apache::Session by jryan

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