SID-00036: Running twiki as standalone from localhost

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.1.2	Perl version:	perl 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Ubuntu 8.10	Last update:	16 years ago

Hi there. I was hoping to run twiki as a standalone on my laptop simply to organize my writing/work and perhaps move it to the web at some point. As most things are in Ubuntu, install was very easy. I am able to get to twiki at:

http://localhost/cgi-bin/twiki/view

However, I found I had to register to edit (naturally). This went well and the page concluded by advising me that my activation number was sent to my email address. It wasn't. (Yes, I was online, etc. )

I'm perplexed. I installed the wiki but I can't access it. I think I've read everything, but please steer me to the answer. Thanks.

PS - besides the info about OS/server/Perl I also know: PHP/5.2.6-2ubuntu4 with Suhosin-Patch Server

-- MikeBourassa - 15 Jan 2009

Discussion and Answer

One quick fix might be to disable the authorization altogether. if you check your configure script (twiki/bin/configure) under security setup. You can disable the login and password managers. But i think all you want is to uncheck "{Register}{NeedVerification}"

-- TWikiGuest - 15 Jan 2009

Run configure and check your SMTP settings.

-- PeterThoeny - 15 Jan 2009

I looked at the script but nothing jumped out at me. Running the configure script( /var/lib/twiki/bin/configure) was unsuccessful. I ran it from a terminal (./configure). Was that correct? I expected maybe a GUI to pop up or a file to get written that I could edit as suggested. I got neither and so am still twiki-less. Any suggestions or pointers to what I should be reading would be appreciated. Cheers.

-- MikeBourassa - 16 Jan 2009

Forgot to change status.

-- MikeBourassa - 16 Jan 2009

Run configure in your browser, such as http://localhost/twiki/bin/configure, or edit /var/lib/twiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg.

-- PeterThoeny - 16 Jan 2009

I am running Firefox as my browser. To the best of my knowledge it doesn't execute Perl scripts. In this case I get a "404 - Not found" error though the file is clearly there. I can open the file as a file in the browser. As for 'LocalSite.cfg', it is not there. There is a 'LocalSite.cfg' under etc/twiki. There also is one in var/lib/twiki/bin. It looks like this:

# TWiki Enterprise Collaboration Platform, http://TWiki.org/ # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For # more details read LICENSE in the root of this distribution. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # # LocalLib.cfg: local path settings for TWiki

use vars qw( $twikiLibPath $CPANBASE );

# -------------- Path to lib directory containing TWiki.pm. # # REQUIRED # The absolute path to the 'lib' directory in your installation..

$twikiLibPath = "/etc/twiki";

# -------------- Extra path components to include in @INC # OPTIONAL # If you need to use perl modules that are not installed in the standard # directories (e.g. you have downloaded extra modules for use with plugins) # then you can add the absolute paths to those modules below. You can list # as many directories as you want, separated by commas.

# @localPerlLibPath = ( '/path/to/dir' );

# http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/04/10/mod_perl.html?page=3 has good advice # on installing CPAN modules without superuser privileges.

1; # Required for successful module loading

And that's only seems to be telling me about paths. I guess I would ask:

a) is running configure from the browser different from running it from the command line; b) if configure is running successfully what should I see; and c) after configure is run, has it created files or something editable.

Thank you again for any assitance. It is much appreciated. cheers.

-- MikeBourassa - 17 Jan 2009

Interesting. If I go to my page the address is: http://localhost//cgi-bin/twiki. If from there I enter: "http://localhost//cgi-bin/twiki/configure" something runs but I am prompted for my name and password ... which of course don't work because I don't have the activation number. sigh.

-- MikeBourassa - 17 Jan 2009

Ah. This url: http://books.google.ca/books?id=5VXgXlU7g-YC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=what+should+happen+when+I+run+configure+in+twiki&source=web&ots=OSG3dl3jnC&sig=rKrt7YsRpWdGTx02I8mqBWgyZd4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA222,M1 answered my question. In short, I'm supposed to see a page with configuration settings, etc. I don't get that at all as described above. I suppose my question might then be why don't I get an email but I guess that isn't a question for this forum. Looked like neat software though. Cheers.

-- MikeBourassa - 17 Jan 2009

Please follow the TWikiInstallationGuide step by step.

On username and password issue, locate twiki/bin/.htaccess or /etc/httpd/conf.d/twiki.conf and temporarily comment out all access control of the configure script:

# <FilesMatch "^(configure)$">
#     SetHandler cgi-script
#     Order Deny,Allow
#     Deny from all
#     Require user MikeBourassa
# </FilesMatch>

-- PeterThoeny - 18 Jan 2009

Thank you for the help! Things are up and running for my needs. Much appreciated.

-- MikeBourassa - 18 Jan 2009

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