Question

I am new to Twiki and have hit a wall during the installation. I browsed the support entries and have not found someone with the samw issue.

I have followed the instruction manual closely but I get a 404 error (page not found) when I go to http:///twiki/bin/configure

I have tried everything I can think of. I don't think it is a permissions issue as I have set the whole twiki directory to 777. It as if the: Include "/twiki_httpd.conf" comand I put at the end of the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf is being ignored. Is it possible I am working with the wrong httpd.conf file?

The only other thing I am not sure about in the install doc is step 3.:

Make sure the user that runs CGI scripts on your system can read and write all files in the distribution. Detailed instructions on file permissions are beyond the scope of this guide, but in general: During installation and configuration, the CGI user needs to be able to read and write everything in the distribution, Once installation and configuration is complete, the CGI user needs write access to everything under the data and pub directories and to lib/LocalSite.cfg. Everything else should be read-only.

I am installing this as root and have set the permissions to 777 (while I troubleshoot) - do I have to configure something else (cgiuser?)? - if so, how?

I am getting very frustrated with this install and hope someone can give me a few things to try. Thanks!

Environment

-- JaredHawkins - 22 May 2006

Answer

You need to re-visit your apache configuration until the 404s are gone.

You could try attaching your httpd.conf / virtual host conf and file layout (ls -laR, including permissions), so we can give you some qualified feedback.

Please drop by IRC if you are still lost

-- SteffenPoulsen - 16 Jun 2006