Title: arning: session_start() [function.session-start]:
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# arning: session_start() [function.session-start]:

 *  [hannahelaine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahelaine/)
 * (@hannahelaine)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/arning-session_start-functionsession-start/)
 * was just looking at my blog and noticed some code out of place on the home page
   so i went to log in and this is what the log-in screen looks like:
 * > Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/tmp/sess_18010bb8a38227d177dd4fdaa711e198,
   > O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/
   > plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php on line 954
   > Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache
   > limiter – headers already sent (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/
   > wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/
   > public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php on line
   > 954
   > Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output
   > started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/
   > si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-login.php on line 368
   > Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output
   > started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/
   > si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-login.php on line 380
   > 
   > hannahelaine photography Username
   > Password
   >  Remember Me
   > Lost your password?
   >  ← Back to hannahelaine photography
   > Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp/sess_18010bb8a38227d177dd4fdaa711e198, O_RDWR) 
   > failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0
   > Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that 
   > the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line
   > 0
 * THEN when i do log in, this is the page it takes me to.
 *     ```
       Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/tmp/sess_18010bb8a38227d177dd4fdaa711e198, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php on line 954
   
       Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php on line 954
   
       Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-login.php on line 368
   
       Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-login.php on line 380
   
       Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 680
   
       Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 681
   
       Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 682
   
       Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php:954) in /home/hannahel/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 876
   
       Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp/sess_18010bb8a38227d177dd4fdaa711e198, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0
   
       Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0
       ```
   
 * i’m terrible at code and have no idea what happened and no idea where to start
   to fix it. i didn’t change anything and everything was functioning fine a few
   days ago. any help is appreciated (and dumbing it down for me would be appreciated
   too). thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/arning-session_start-functionsession-start/#post-3816860)
 * [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) into your site (or whatever file
   management application your host provides) & delete the wp-content/plugins/si-
   captcha-for-wordpress folder.

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