Installation Notes for Mac OSX Install (v 10.2.6)

Objectives

To implement a closed TWiki using SSL and basic authentication in such a way as to have a "farm" of closed webs, each containing confidential information. The TWiki server will be a Max OSX 10.2.6 server sitting in a DMZ (i.e., exposed to the Internet). A registered user would only have permission to access a main (i.e., public area) web and one or more private webs (e.g., client specific and confidential). Ideally each registered user should only have access to

• a public page with (at minimum) a link to the private main web requiring log in
• a private "home" web containing information public to all registered users
• their own home page which will be public to all registered users (private would be a nice to have)
• other webs they are granted access to via the groups they belong to
• those home pages belonging to other users of their web if it is possible to make home pages private

Look and feel must be "modern". Would expect this to mean a CSS UI.

Existing Twiki References that Support These Objectives

These are the relevant links found within TWiki that are Mac OSX related. Click here to see topics mentioning Mac OSX, across all webs, and see Support.MacOSX for some specific issues with TWiki on Mac OSX. In addition, these pages contain specific Max OSX information:

• TWikiOn
  • MacOS
  • TWikiOnMacOSX
    • Server Logistics (http://www.serverlogistics.com/downloads-jag.php) conveniently package a number of binaries in installers, for easy upgrades. They have versions for Jaguar (OS 10.2) of such things as perl, apache, mod_perl, php, tomcat, mysql, and postgresql.
  • TWikiConfigurationOnMacOSX <-- refers to v10.0.1 (still relevant?)
  • RCSConfigurationOnMacOSX <-- Due to some security features slight modifications to TWiki's RCS support need to be made to ensure that the revision-control files are accessed under the correct user name
  • MacOSXLineFeeds
  • TWikiAndSendmailProblemsOnOSX <-- Sendmail is not configured by default on OSX
• Access Control and Authentication notes
  • AllowWebViewVersusAllowTopicView
• Interesting related topics
  • Hierarchical Webs
    • HierarchicallyNestedTwikiWebs
    • MegaTWiki
    • LotsOfSmallWebs
    • LogicallyNestedWebs
  • Seems to be needed plug-ins
    • SessionPlugin
• Skins
  • ConsolidateFunctionalityFromSkins <-- Functionality does not belong in skins and it is in everyone's best interest to factor it out.
  • TWikiUsingCSS <-- CSS Stylesheets
  • KoalaSkin <-- implements some form of logical hierarchy
  • HobbesSkinDev <-- newer version of TigerSkin
  • SeeSkin
  • GnuSkin
• Nice Sites and/or Interesting Usage
  • NiceSites
  • TWikiInAgencyWithMacs <-- TWiki as intranet in an advertising agency

All Mac OSX References

References in Codev:

• HWiki is referenced by:
  • AcroWiki ... BlogForTWiki ... EvEm ... HWiki ... HeaderAnchorNameWrongWhenLinkInHeader ... HeaderRenderingWithWikiWordsBroken ... InterfaceProject ... InternationalSymposiumOnWikis ... MegaWiki ... OneNightInParis ... PostCairoDevelopmentModel ... SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithSearchHackReports ... SetSkinViaUrlPath ... ShowLockStatusInSearch ... SlashCode ... TouchGraph ... TouchGraphTopicList ... WebLog ... WebMap ... WikiSym2005 ... WikiSym2005ConsumerEnterprise ...
• MacOSXInstallNotes is referenced by:
  • MacOSXInstallNotes ... TWikiOnMacOSX ... TWikiOnMacOSXJaguar ... TWikiOnMacOSXLeopard ... TWikiOnMacOSXPanther ... TWikiOnMacOSXTiger ...
• TWikiOnMacOSXTiger is referenced by:
  • TWikiOnMacOSX ...
• TWikiRelease04x02x00beta2 is referenced by:
  • DevelopersNews ... Release ...
• TWikiRelease04x02x00beta3 is referenced by:
  • DevelopersNews ...
• TWikiRelease04x02x00rc1 is referenced by:
  • DevelopersNews ...
• TWikiRelease04x02x00rc2 is referenced by:
  • DevelopersNews ... TWiki2Go ... TWikiRelease04x02x00beta1 ...
• TopicCaseSensitivity is referenced by:
  • CaseInsensitiveUserMapping ... DeleteMe ... FreetownReleaseMeeting2007x04x09 ... FreetownReleaseMeeting2007x04x23 ... FreetownReleaseMeeting2007x05x07 ... FreetownReleaseMeeting2007x05x21 ... IstanbulReleaseMeeting2010x08x02 ... NoBumpyCase ... ShorterCaseInsensitiveURLs ... TWikiOnCygwin ... TWikiOnWindowsArchive ... TopicCaseSensitivity ...
• WhatVersionsOfPerlAreSupported is referenced by:
  • WebNotify ... WhatVersionsOfPerlAreSupported ...

References in Support

Hardware setup and OS Install

• TWiki version: TWikiRelease01Feb2003 (code name BeijingRelease): Latest production release.
• Web server: Apache (the version included with OSX)
• Server OS: Mac OSX 10.2.6 server edition (i.e., not client edition)
• Web browser: Mozilla, Safari, Mozilla Firebird for Mac plus Windows Netscape 4.7 and 4.8
• Client OS: Mac OSX 10.2.x (various) and Windows Win98, XP

-- BobAdams - 19 Jun 2003