Question

I have just installed TWiki01Sep2004 from scratch, following RichardDonkin's tips in DreamhostSetupNotes. It's working to the point that I can run the testenv script and even view the Main WebHome, but it cannot read from the /pub/ directory. That causes images, skins, and all sorts of included files to be missing.

When I look at the Apache log, I see the following entry for the testenv script:

[Sat Oct 23 08:34:03 2004] [error] [client 212.242.111.32] (13)Permission denied: access to /pub/wikiHome.gif failed because search permissions are missing on a component of the path
[Sat Oct 23 08:34:03 2004] [error] [client 212.242.111.32] File does not exist: /home/ereb/wiki/forbidden.html

So there are some search permissions missing - how do I get these set up? I am attaching a selection of files to document my current setup. Also I should note that the pub directory is where it should be, and it contains the files that should be there - but the browser isn't allowed to view them.

• root path = /home/ereb/wiki/
• bin-path = /home/ereb/wiki/bin
• lib-path = /home/ereb/wiki/lib
• pub-path = /home/ereb/wiki/pub

Environment

-- TorbenGB - 23 Oct 2004

Answer

What "search permissions are missing on a component of the path" means is that somewhere in the directory path leading up to the file in question, there's a search (x) bit missing from one of the directories.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 23 Oct 2004

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with search bits. How do I fix this?

-- TorbenGB - 23 Oct 2004

chmod ug+x directory name

-- MartinCleaver - 23 Oct 2004