Question

I've installed TWiki under the /var/www structure that my version of Apache uses. I'm able to create and modify topics, but I'm noticing that the RCS lock file for the things I've changed stays in the directory. [Not currently a problem as I'm not yet exposing the wiki to others]. I've changed all of the ownership to apache:apache [since the testenv script told me that is the user for running cgi stuff].

The only way I've found to get rid of the lock file is to select Edit followed by cancel. So I do a successful change to the page and then edit it again so that I can choose cancel to get rid of the lock.

The edit does not seem to work if the base .txt file is not rw for the apache user. (I'm used to using RCS with only having writable files if it is currently checked out). .

• TWiki version: 01 Dec 2000
• Web server: Apache 1.3.14
• Server OS: Linux 2.2.19-7.0.1 (RedHat)

-- RichardJensen - 10 Jul 2001

Answer

Stale lock file do not matter, TWiki checks the timestamp of the lock file to determine the lock time. Stale lock files get sweeped once you enable e-mail notification.

-- PeterThoeny - 10 Jul 2001