From dcfd9a60bc7367a12088768c03e219e04cb7600a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Connor <isaac@zoneminder.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 22:26:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] close the session earlier

---
 web/index.php | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/index.php b/web/index.php
index f3fa91449..44c751352 100644
--- a/web/index.php
+++ b/web/index.php
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ if ( ZM_OPT_USE_AUTH ) {
 } else {
   $user = $defaultUser;
 }
+# Only one request can open the session file at a time, so let's close the session here to improve concurrency.
+# Any file/page that sets session variables must re-open it.
+session_write_close();
 
 require_once( 'includes/lang.php' );
 require_once( 'includes/functions.php' );
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ CORSHeaders();
 
 // Check for valid content dirs
 if ( !is_writable(ZM_DIR_EVENTS) || !is_writable(ZM_DIR_IMAGES) ) {
-  Error( "Cannot write to content dirs('".ZM_DIR_EVENTS."','".ZM_DIR_IMAGES."').  Check that these exist and are owned by the web account user");
+  Warning("Cannot write to content dirs('".ZM_DIR_EVENTS."','".ZM_DIR_IMAGES."').  Check that these exist and are owned by the web account user");
 }
 
 # Globals
@@ -187,9 +190,6 @@ if ( ZM_OPT_USE_AUTH ) {
     generateAuthHash( ZM_AUTH_HASH_IPS );
   }
 }
-# Only one request can open the session file at a time, so let's close the session here to improve concurrency.
-# Any file/page that sets session variables must re-open it.
-session_write_close();
 
 if ( isset($_REQUEST['action']) ) {
   $action = detaintPath($_REQUEST['action']);