# Session :off in SiteController

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-off-in-sitecontroller/152336>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [November 2, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-off-in-sitecontroller/152336 "2008-11-02T16:56:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-off-in-sitecontroller/152336/1 "2008-11-02T16:56:57Z")

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Hi,

I’m having problems with sessions and I noticed that in SiteController  
the first line is

session :off

I guess I could read all the code but could somebody tell me why that’s  
in there and if it would be safe for me to remove it?

Steve

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**Author:** ![steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-off-in-sitecontroller/152336/2 "2008-11-02T17:02:46Z")

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Let me add the error I was seeing here, so future forum searchers can  
find the error and my possible fix.

Here’s what I was seeing:

```
undefined method `session_id' for {}:Hash

```

I commented out the “session :off” line in SiteController, and it fixed  
my problem.

Steve