SID-00643: Turnkey - Problem accessing Configure

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.1.2	Perl version:	5.8.8
Category:	CategoryAuthentication	Server OS:	Ubuntu 8.04	Last update:	16 years ago

This may be similar (I hope) to an answered question for another environment but I don't see any other mention of Turnkey appliances (Ubuntu 8.04-based), so I'll ask.

I just installed the new TWiki appliance behind a firewall at work. I need to turn off the email verification feature as I won't be able to access anything from behind the firewall.

I assume that this is done in the Configure section of the Admin Tools but when I select this, I am repeatedly prompted for Login/Pass. The AdminUser login works as a site login but I can't access Configure with it.

This is an out-of-the-box install with no customizations. Not much I can change if I can't access Configure.

Has anyone else run into this?

-- BillMontgomery - 2009-11-29

Discussion and Answer

I am not familiar with the TWiki distro on Ubuntu. As for configure login, it looks like access is restricted for the configure script. It is recommended to have the script access restricted once TWiki is configured properly. Initially it is better to remove the access restriction: If you are using Apache auth, comment out Require valid-user in the <FilesMatch "^(configure)$"> Apache directive. The ApacheConfigGenerator comes in handy to configure Apache for TWiki.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-11-30

BTW, in most cases it is OK to specify localhost as the {SMTP}{MAILHOST}.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-11-30

Ubuntu support tickets:

• http://www.turnkeylinux.org/forum/support/20091129/problem-running-configure-twiki
• http://www.turnkeylinux.org/forum/support/20091130/twiki-issues

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-11-30

-- BillMontgomery - 2009-11-30

That was it! I commented out that whole section in the apache.conf and I can now manage my own server. I'll zip it back up when I'm finished.

I turned off the email verification. It's just a hassle to find a way to either get SMTP through the firewall or get PostFix to talk to Exchange.

But I'm excited about TWiki's compatability with MS Office docs. We have a "corporate approved" CMS that's just unusable. TWiki might finally give us a knowledgebase that we can use. Mediawiki didn't quite cut it.

Thank you for your help.

-- BillMontgomery - 2009-11-30

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