Question

Hello, what credentials do I use to initially access http://localhost/twiki/bin/configure? I just did a new install of Twiki 4.2.3 on a Win2003 SP2 Server with Apache 2.2.9 and ActivePerl 5.10.0.1003. I was following http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWiki04x02WindowsInstallationGuide and I’m on the fist bullet under “More TWiki configuration”, but I get prompted for credential based on the rules in twiki.conf under:

<Directory "c:/www/twiki/bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Order Allow,Deny
    Allow from all
    Deny from env=blockAccess

    Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
    SetHandler cgi-script

    # Password file for TWiki users
    AuthUserFile c:/www/twiki/data/.htpasswd
    AuthName 'Enter your WikiName: (First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith). Cancel to register if you do not have one.'
    AuthType Basic

    # File to return on access control error (e.g. wrong password)
    ErrorDocument 401 /twiki/bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration

Previously I did an install on a local WinXP machine and did not need to authentic to the localhost machine.

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-- GregJenci - 30 Sep 2008

Answer

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I have an update, following another Win Installation cookbook, I created an initial .htpasswd file, but now I'm getting a different access error :

[client 127.0.0.1] (OS 5)Access is denied. : couldn't create child process: 720005: configure 
[client 127.0.0.1] (OS 5)Access is denied. : couldn't spawn child process: C:/www/twiki/bin/configure

I'm a n00b here with Apache & Perl; so, if someone could lend a hand...

-- GregJenci - 30 Sep 2008

Okay, I somehow didn't follow the directions correctly and it cost be hours (I'm embarrassed to say how many). My problem was in the shbang lines: I only had "#!C:\Perl\bin\"; not "#!C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe". Once I added the "perl.exe" everything worked.

-- GregJenci - 30 Sep 2008