Hey, thanks for the help.
i turned off the option Run PHP as CGI in dreamhost and tried logging in again. this time, i got a ton of errors (see below). should i leave Run PHP as CGI off and reinstall? Also, Dreamhost say that it's highly recommended to Run PHP as CGI. will this effect any other fuctions of dreamhost if i leave it off? thanks!
Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp/sess_15c3def9e03714311b636e7f1073c93d, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-hashcash.php on line 29
Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-hashcash.php:29) in /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-hashcash.php on line 29
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-hashcash.php:29) in /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-login.php on line 9
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-hashcash.php:29) in /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php on line 199
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-hashcash.php:29) in /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php on line 200
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-hashcash.php:29) in /home/.maia/mysite.net/testing/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php on line 172
Warning: Unknown(): open(/tmp/sess_15c3def9e03714311b636e7f1073c93d, 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