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This is my first installation of TWiki and I am struggling. After a lot of changing settings I finally got the configure page to show by changing the {ScriptUrlPath} to http://localhost/twiki/bin. But now when I try to create a new topic I get the following error.

During save of sandbox.TestFourteen an error was found by the version control system. Please notify your TWiki administrator. Cannot open C:/twiki/data/sandbox/TestFourteen.txt,v for write: Invalid argument

Go back in your browser and save your changes locally.

I can't figure it out for the life of me. I searched through existing support documents and found one related issue but his fix actually made my configure page not show up. Should I just uninstall and try again? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Environment

TWiki version: TWikiRelease04x00x05
TWiki plugins: DefaultPlugin, EmptyPlugin, InterwikiPlugin
Server OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Web server: Apache 2.0.44
Perl version: 5.8.6
Client OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Web Browser: Internet Explorer 7
Categories: Installation

-- JohnMussell - 23 Nov 2006

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it sounds like a permissions problem. Make sure that the webserver user can read and write all files in your installation.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 16 Dec 2006

The "Invalid argument" message is an indication that rcs is not understanding all arguments. Check the rcs settings in configure. I am not familiar with Windows setup, so I can't be more specific.

It migh be worth trying to install the virtual appliance, TWikiVMDebianStable.

-- PeterThoeny - 16 Dec 2006

I have the exact same problem on Windows 2003 server - noticed when trying to add a group. I did set the permissions of c:\twiki so that Apache2 (the user which runs the apache2 service) can read and write anything under c:\twiki, but the problem still happens. Note: I am using the Perl version of RCS (RcsLite). I run Apache 2.0.55 and ActiveState Perl 5.8.8. I also noticed that I do get 2 files in C:\twiki\data\Main despite the error message: FooGroup.txt and FooGroup.lease. However, if I go to the page to add a new group, my FooGroup is not listed.

-- MarcioMarchini - 15 Jan 2007

Just a wild guess: There could be an issue if one of the path (twiki/data, rcs command, or...) has spaces in it.

-- PeterThoeny - 16 Jan 2007

I had no spaces in either paths in 4.0.5 (c:\twiki and c:\bin for rcs). Interestingly enough, in 4.1.0 I m not getting this error. I was able to save a page. Maybe this issue was fixed?

-- MarcioMarchini - 01 Feb 2007

Looks like. Please reopen with more details if needed...

-- PeterThoeny - 02 Mar 2007

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