Answers.Body: <p>I found it.</p>
  <p>There were some files in my web folder that had the reference to <code>session.save</code> variable with that old path for php7.
  Both <code>.user.ini</code> and <code>php.ini</code> had the following line:</p>
  <pre><code>session.save_path = &quot;/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73”
  </code></pre>
  <p>Which I changed to</p>
  <pre><code>session.save_path = &quot;/tmp”
  </code></pre>
  <p>This previous stackexchange post(<a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/39065/craft-cms-v3-5-16-admin-login-500-internal-error-occurs-after-site-moved">Craft CMS v3.5.16 /admin/login 500 (Internal Error) occurs after site moved</a>), and a helpful comment from Pixel &amp; Tonic's support staff about something overriding php.ini. That helped me zero in on the culprit!</p>
  <p>Now I am able to log-in and continue the process of upgrading to Craft 4!</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am working on trying to get a local copy of a site working, but ran into an issue where the front end is working, but the admin page is not responding when I try to login.</p>
  <p>This site is Craft 3.7.44 setup using Nitro on php 8.1 and MariaDB 10.6</p>
  <p>In the browser console, I am seeing this error:
  In Safari:
  Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error)</p>
  <p>In Firefox</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>XHR POST <a href="http://exvgnt.nitro/index.php?p=admin/actions/users/login" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://exvgnt.nitro/index.php?p=admin/actions/users/login</a>
  Blocked by DevTools</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I was confused on the CORs type error and looked into the weblog and found the following error:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>2022-06-19 19:36:18 [-][1][-][error][yii\web\Session::open] session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73)</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I did a search through my project for any references to that session directory and found one in my .env file. Even after removing that I am seeing the same error.</p>
  <p>Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions? Appreciate any advice.</p>
  
Tags: <craft3><control-panel><admin><session><nitro>
Title: 500 Internal error on admin - session related
ThreadText: # 500 Internal error on admin - session related
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-20)
  
  I am working on trying to get a local copy of a site working, but ran into an issue where the front end is working, but the admin page is not responding when I try to login.
  
  This site is Craft 3.7.44 setup using Nitro on php 8.1 and MariaDB 10.6
  
  In the browser console, I am seeing this error:
  In Safari:
  Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error)
  
  In Firefox
  
  > XHR POST <http://exvgnt.nitro/index.php?p=admin/actions/users/login>
  > Blocked by DevTools
  
  I was confused on the CORs type error and looked into the weblog and found the following error:
  
  > 2022-06-19 19:36:18 [-][1][-][error][yii\web\Session::open] session\_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73)
  
  I did a search through my project for any references to that session directory and found one in my .env file. Even after removing that I am seeing the same error.
  
  Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions? Appreciate any advice.
  
  **Tags:** craft3, control-panel, admin, session, nitro
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2022-06-20. Score: 3
  
  I found it.
  
  There were some files in my web folder that had the reference to `session.save` variable with that old path for php7.
  Both `.user.ini` and `php.ini` had the following line:
  
  ```
  session.save_path = "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73”
  
  ```
  
  Which I changed to
  
  ```
  session.save_path = "/tmp”
  
  ```
  
  This previous stackexchange post([Craft CMS v3.5.16 /admin/login 500 (Internal Error) occurs after site moved](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/39065/craft-cms-v3-5-16-admin-login-500-internal-error-occurs-after-site-moved)), and a helpful comment from Pixel & Tonic's support staff about something overriding php.ini. That helped me zero in on the culprit!
  
  Now I am able to log-in and continue the process of upgrading to Craft 4!
  
  
  ---
  
  