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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-43039

"The session partition is full.": false positive

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.4.7, 2.5.3, 2.6
    • 2.4.8, 2.5.4, 2.6.1
    • Libraries
    • MOODLE_24_STABLE, MOODLE_25_STABLE, MOODLE_26_STABLE
    • MOODLE_24_STABLE, MOODLE_25_STABLE, MOODLE_26_STABLE
    • m27_MDL-43039_SessionDiskFull_False_Positive
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      Disable file based sessions by moving to database based sessions.

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      Disable file based sessions by moving to database based sessions.
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      (difficulty: easy, requires server administrator access to the server)

      1. Change the PHP configuration under which your Moodle instances are running by disabling disk_free_space() e.g. by adding this line in your php.ini file:
        disable_functions = disk_free_space
      2. Double check that you've enough free disk space (some MBs) where $CFG->dataroot/sessions/ is hosted;
      3. Point your browser to the Moodle instance: no exception 1 will be thrown and you'll be able to access to its functionalities.

      1 The exception is The session partition is full. It is not possible to login at this time..

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      (difficulty: easy, requires server administrator access to the server) Change the PHP configuration under which your Moodle instances are running by disabling disk_free_space() e.g. by adding this line in your php.ini file: disable_functions = disk_free_space Double check that you've enough free disk space (some MBs) where $CFG->dataroot/sessions/ is hosted; Point your browser to the Moodle instance: no exception 1 will be thrown and you'll be able to access to its functionalities. 1 The exception is The session partition is full. It is not possible to login at this time. .

    Description

      disk_free_space() returns null when the function is disabled (disable_functions = disk_free_space).

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          is a regression caused by

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-19222 Legacy file sesssions: when disk is full, login is impossible but no errors are reported

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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              matteo Matteo Scaramuccia
              matteo Matteo Scaramuccia
              Petr Skoda Petr Skoda
              Damyon Wiese Damyon Wiese
              David Monllaó David Monllaó
              David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Michael Hawkins, Stevani Andolo
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                Resolved:
                13/Jan/14