[imp] Very alarming/strange login problems - user logs in to someone else's session

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting William Tucker <wtucker at mail.ucf.edu>:

> solaris 8

That will make this a pain (see below).

> My php.ini settings for sessions are:
[...]
> session.entropy_length = 0
> session.entropy_file =

This *might* be your problem.

> ;session.entropy_length = 16
> ;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom

Normally this is the solution.  Maybe even something bigger than 16 for a
site your size.  But, solaris 8 doesn't have a /dev/urandom.  So you need
to find another source of entropy.  Either install an obscure Solaris patch
that will give you a /dev/random and I think a /dev/urandom, or install a
third party package to get a /dev/random, or come up with another entropy
source to use (which will probably lack performance).

Once you have a random source, change the above settings, and see if that
fixes it.

If you need help with the solaris patches, third party apps, etc.  let
me know privately.

-- 
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

Why get even? Get odd!