Question

Hello, This is my first Twiki install. I am currently running Fedoracore 9 on my webserver. When I run the config file everything runs fine. It comes up with the warnings as usual from what i Understand. When i click next it asks me to create the password and Save. When i click save I get the following error: Could not open /var/www/html/lib/LocalSite.cfg for write: Permission denied at /var/www/html/lib/TWiki/Configure/TWikiCfg.pm line 300.

As a part of frustration I gave read/write access to all and any users yet I still get the error. I found that there was not a LocalSite.CFG file. I found on a forum that when you click save it creates this file. Is this correct? I also attempted to create the file manually and it works ok but i really want to use the config.

Please help

Environment

TWiki version:	4.2
TWiki plugins:	DefaultPlugin, EmptyPlugin, InterwikiPlugin
Server OS:	Fedora Core 9
Web server:	Apache
Perl version:	5.6.1
Client OS:	XP
Web Browser:	FF

Answer

You are right - configure creates this file automatically when TWiki is configured for the first time and the file does not exist.

Regarding your permits problem: Who is the owner and the group of the TWiki files and directories? On Fedora it should be apache. So make sure it is not a special user or root because Apache needs the correct user and group configuration to be able to create files. Otherwise it will not work. The corresponding command: chown -R apache:apache /path/to/twiki. See also TWikiInstallationGuide, #3.

-- SebastianKlus - 24 Jul 2008

thank you that fixed everything! I am up and running

-- AaronColeman - 25 Jul 2008

Good to hear that.

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-- SebastianKlus - 25 Jul 2008

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