Session Abort Errors or Users Log in as Incorrect User due to Apache
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Symptoms
- Users will notice their login unexpectedly changes to a different user when it should not be (the user as shown in the upper-right corner).
- Users may occasionally see session invalid errors.
Cause
There have been reported issues from users running mod_disk_cache
with Apache 2 as it was still an experimental module as per the Apache 2.0 documentation.
Resolution
Disable mod_disk_cache
module in Apache's configuration or upgrade to the latest version of Apache.