Question

Topic save error During save of file OfficeLocations an error was found by the version control system. Please notify your TWiki administrator. /usr/bin/ci -q -l -m'none' -t-none -w'guest' /usr/local/apache2/twiki/data/Main/OfficeLocations.txt 2>&1 ci: /usr/local/apache2/twiki/data/Main/OfficeLocations.txt,v: Permission denied

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-- TWikiGuest - 26 Sep 2003

Answer

The Permission denied error is an indication that the cgi user cannot write to the data/Main/OfficeLocations.txt,v file. Run testenv to find out the cgi user. The error could have two causes:

• The data/Main directory is not writable by the cgi user. This is not the case if you can create new topics in the Main web.
• The data/Main/OfficeLocations.txt,v file is not writable by the cgi user.

Set the file ownership and group ownership accordingly.

BTW, please review the SupportGuidelines and use the form to post new questions.

-- PeterThoeny - 27 Sep 2003

I also got something similar:

Topic save error 
During save of file Calendars.BaBar an error was found by the version control system. Please notify your TWiki administrator. 
/usr/bin/ci -q -l -m'none' -t-none -w'amd' /home/intranet/www/twiki/data/Calendars/BaBar .txt 2>&1
ci: /home/intranet/www/twiki/data/Calendars/BaBar: No such file or directory
ci: .txt,v: Permission denied


Go back in your browser and save your changes locally. 

I was attempting to create a topic called "BaBar " with an inadvertent space character at the end of the name. TWiki should filter out ending spaces when we are trying to create a new topic.

-- AlainMivilleDeChene - 16 Oct 2003