Question

This is a first-time installation (actually, I'm taking over from somebody else who was midway through the installation, got stuck, and assigned to other tasks.) When trying to create a topic, I am seeing:

Error saving topic

During save of Sandbox.KirkTest3 an error was found by the version control system. Please notify your TWiki administrator.

/usr/bin/rcs -q -i -t-none -ko %FILENAME|F% of /twiki/data/Sandbox/KirkTest3.txt,v failed to create history file

Go back in your browser and save your changes locally.

Looking in data/Sandbox, there is a file which has been created:

-rw-r--r-- 1 apache 51 Apr 11 14:25 KirkTest3.lease

An OS-command-line test of rcs succeeds:

$ rcs -i xxx.txt

RCS file: xxx.txt,v
enter description, terminated with single '.' or end of file:
NOTE: This is NOT the log message!
>> test
>> .
done

So I am puzzled as to why this action cannot succeed. Any ideas?

Environment

-- KirkCondon - 11 Apr 2006

Answer

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.

See probable answer in CantCreatevFile. Reopen this if it does not solve the problem.

-- PeterThoeny - 12 Apr 2006

Check the ownership/access of the following to ensure that Apache server process (whatever ID its running under) can write:

• The directory/web
• the .txt file
• the .txt,v file

Check:

• DontCheckoutByDefault
• RcsWontKeepHistory
• RcsNonStrictLocking - see "Solution" about how to 'unlock' the files

-- AntonAylward - 12 Apr 2006

Resolution

That solved this problem, thanks. Specifically:

Edited LocalSite.cfg and changed

$TWiki::cfg{SafeEnvPath} = '/bin:/usr/bin:/twiki/bin';

to

$TWiki::cfg{SafeEnvPath} = '/bin:/usr/bin';

-- KirkCondon - 12 Apr 2006