SID-01601: Cannot edit or log into wiki - configuration?

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.1.1	Perl version:	v5.10.1
Category:	GetAWebAddOn	Server OS:	TurnKey Linux 12.0 / Debian 6.0.5 Squeeze	Last update:	13 years ago

While attempting to install GetAWeb, one of my users attempted to set SCRIPTURLPATH, which GetAWeb needs. Unfortunately he did something truly atrocious to the wiki. At this point, I cannot log in, edit preferences, revert to the previous unbotched state, etc. because the URLs are fubar'd. I can still run configure, though. Is there any way out of this?

-- EmmaDvora - 2012-12-04

Discussion and Answer

The SCRIPTURLPATH is system defined, do not redefine as a preferences setting. To restore, edit the topic where the SCRIPTURLPATH setting was added on the shell level. For example, Main.TWikiPreferences would be in ...../twiki/data/Main/TWikiPreferences.txt

-- PeterThoeny - 2012-12-04

Thank you very much for answering so promptly. I removed the SCRIPTURLPATH setting and all is well again - phew!

-- EmmaDvora - 2012-12-05

I confess to perpetrating this atrocity but am not fully repentant. If I put the following in a topic, via raw edit, it yields http://10.10.10.31/bin/get-a-web/TWiki/TWiki.tar after saving the edit, and there is no get-a-web script at /bin. If I try to set SCRIPTURL first to /var/www/twiki/bin, I don't get the http part but the page can no longer be edited because the SCRIPTURL path is broken. Putting the get-a-web script in /bin generates a server error.

• %SCRIPTURL{get-a-web}%/TWiki/TWiki.tar

Is this the proper syntax for a web named TWiki? I installed the GetAWebAddOn extension version (not the REST-permission-required plugin) via config's Get Extension, but it shows up in a debug section in the Extensions list, and seems like it cannot be activated?

-- RodOwen - 2012-12-08

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-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-03-05

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