Question

Hi, i'm installing TWiki for the first time on a Fedora Linux System with Apache Webserver. After doing the installation and go along with the install notes i start my new TWiki system and see that no TWikiAdmin User was created. Anybody an Idea what i´ve done wrong?

Also i have the Problem that when creating a new user that the Browser shows /wiki/bin/register/main/home and told me there is no site to show.

I hope somebody can help me for this.

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-- MartinWidemann - 07 Apr 2006

Answer

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No admin user is created by default. As part of installation, register using your name, and add the WikiName to your Main.TWikiAdminGroup. See TWikiInstallationGuide for details.

On registration, ...../register/main/home seems wrong, the proper case should be ...../register/Main/WebHome.

-- PeterThoeny - 09 Apr 2006

Sorry my mistake, your right its ..../register/Main/WebHome. But after registration of a new User account the Browser shows me an Error Message (can't find the site) and no User was created.... I've allready got email that the account was created but no User account is listed in the user list. That's my problem, because when i have an existing user account it whould be no problem to add him to the Admin Group via editing the Group file with a Text Editor.

-- MartinWidemann - 10 Apr 2006

It is difficult to diagnose from the information provided. Please review the SupportGuidelines and provide some more details.

-- PeterThoeny - 10 Apr 2006

do you have any warnings in configure?

-- WillNorris - 11 Apr 2006

Hi, the only warnig in configure is that i don´t have SHA1 installed. But i think this can´t be the failure because i used MD5 for Passwordencryption. I try to explain the problem more detailed:

The System Running is a Fedora Linux with Apache and the needed Modules for Perl. Just like the recommend configuration in the install notes.

- The Document Root of httpd.conf is home/httpd - The Twiki is located in home/httpd/twiki - I Included the example Twiki-httpd.conf file into the Standard Configuration file.

After then i´m starting the configurationscript. Everything works fine (only one warning in the last option of General Path settings but the Path seems ok). Then i start Twiki over home/httpd/twiki/bin/view the Twiki system now runs.

For the first time i try to register a new user but after send the registration form i´ve got the error message from the Browser that he couldn´t find the site under twiki/bin/register/Main/WebHome. Now i only can hit the back button to come back to the twiki. No User was created but i´ve allready received a Email that a user was created. Thats my problem. At the weekend i will check all path setting again and i hope to find the failure.

-- MartinWidemann - 12 Apr 2006

1. What password manager do you have selected?
2. Does .htpasswd exist?
3. What login manager?
4. Are all files in your data directory writable by the Apache user?
5. Was data/TWiki/TWikiUsers.txt modified by the registration?
6. Is the new user listed in that file?
7. Has a personal topic for the user been created?
8. Is there an entry for the user in .htpasswd?

-- CrawfordCurrie - 23 Apr 2006

• i have the same problem on the same platform. After submitting the registration form, the page can not be displayed. I can not edit prefrences because it needs admin user and i cant register. i am using TWiki::Users::HtPasswdUser for password manager. No entry in in .htpassword and TWikiUsers.txt. Apache have access to data directory. -- TWikiGuest - 27 May 2006 - 01:05

Keep the details coming. Idea: attach logs / apache httpd.conf / twiki file layout (ls -laR, including permissions), so we can make a qualified guess.

Also, feel free to drop by IRC and ask for help online.

-- SteffenPoulsen - 16 Jun 2006