error registring new users

It sounds like your web farm admin haven't setup the servers to pass sessions between servers.

The security images require sessions variables, and so do a number of other items in the forum. If sessions can not be passed between the servers you will get the problems you mention.

The work around that you have posted is to place the session variable for the security images into a cookie.

This could work, but as the session variable is placed into a cookie it makes the security images a complete waste of time as they would no-longer protect against bots and remote form submission, which is what they are for.

If your web farm admin can not set up the servers to pass around session variables then you need to remove the security images from the registration page. You will also find some other features will not work how they should.

Please read my last post, I have covered your question already.

As I mentioned in my last post, by adding those lines that you posted it will get around the problem, but it uses a cookie to store the session variable which completely defeats the object of using session variables and makes the security images completely useless as they will no-longer give any protection against bot and remote form submission.

Also you will find other features will not work the way they should without being able to use sessions.


Edited by -boRg- - 19 March 2005 at 1:59pm