SID-01842: Access Denied The "Home/WebHome" web does not exist

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I'm using TWiki-5.1.1, Sat, 14 Jan 2012, build 22570, Plugin API version 1.4 It's been working fine for more than a year as an intranet for my company. Over the weekend, a domain name redirect was done to make arriving at the login page easier on GoDaddy and it cocked up the site completely for 24 hours, getting 400 and 500 failures. It has been restored and appears to be working fine with the exception that the Home web - which is where all the content is - cannot be accessed via the WebHome homepage. I can get to the Home web web topics such as preferences, index, etc., but if I click on the icon + text in the sidebar Webs link for the Home web - or via breadcrumbs or anywhere else, I get:

Access Denied Attention

The "Home/WebHome" web does not exist A TWikiSite is divided into webs; each one represents one subject, one area of collaboration. You are trying to 'view' in a web that does not exist.

If you came here by clicking on a question mark link

A link to a topic located in another web is written like TopicName. Make sure that the name of the web is not spelt wrongly on the previous page; fix the link if necessary.

If you would like to create this web You can create a new web if you have permission. Contact administrator@email... if you have any questions.

OK

The URL that appears when I get this error is: http://smitindustries.net/bin/oops/Home/WebHome/WebHome?template=oopsaccessdenied;def=no_such_web;param1=view;template=oopsaccessdenied;def=no_such_web;param1=view

In Home/WebPreferences, Set ALLOWWEBVIEW = TWikiAdminGroup, ApprovedUsersGroup of which the admin user is definitely listed as is my personal user, neither of which can 'see' the page.

I've looked on the server and Home/WebHome exists as a file and its permissions are identical to Main/WebHome

The Home web shows up in TWiki/SitePermissions, /TWiki/SiteMap and I can get to the web preferences from the edit icon there, run the topic search from there, see the recent topic changes from there, etc., but if I click on the link for the Home web, I get the Access Denied failure.

I can access all of the other webs via their sidebar and internal page links and arrive on the WebHome pages. In short, the wiki is working, I just can't access the Home/WebHome via the WebHome landing page or use any of the internal SiteMap navigation links to it.

I'm sure there's a simple solution to this, but I'm missing it... Any help would be appreciated.

-- Norman Smit - 2013-12-17

Discussion and Answer

Not sure. It looks like WebHome is duplicated in the URL, e.g. Home/WebHome/WebHome instead of Home/WebHome. Check {HomeTopicName} configure setting, should be WebHome.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-12-17

I visited lib/LocalSite.cfg and checked the HomeTopicName line and it is listed as follows: $TWiki::cfg{SiteWebTopicName} = ''; $TWiki::cfg{SitePrefsTopicName} = 'TWikiPreferences'; $TWiki::cfg{LocalSitePreferences} = 'Main.TWikiPreferences'; $TWiki::cfg{HomeTopicName} = 'WebHome';

All of the webs resolve OK to their respective WebHome addresses - Main, TWiki, Sandbox, just not Home

-- Norman Smit - 2013-12-17

Opening and saving the LocalSite.cfg seems to have done something. The Home web WebHome page is now resolving. Thanks for the help.

-- Norman Smit - 2013-12-17

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-- Norman Smit - 2013-12-17

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