SID-00689: Configure, plugin install: You have not defined a password

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	5.8.5
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Redhat Linux	Last update:	16 years ago

Hello,

I'm trying to perform an upgrade to an extension using the "Find more extensions" link in configure interface. I find the extension I want and go to install it, and Twiki asks for my configure password.

When I put in my configure password, it errors:

WARNING: You have not defined a password. You must define a password before you can save.

Not only do I already have a configure password, but I can go back through the configure interface and define or update the password using the form for doing that, and it will tell me my new password has been saved, but when I use the same form to update the configuration, I get the same warning. I've checked permissions and they all seem to be in order. This is preventing me from installing extensions. Configure output file is attached.

-- TerryBrown - 2009-12-22

Discussion and Answer

That is strange, first time I see this. What do you have in twiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg, $TWiki::cfg{Password} ?

Wild guess: Try changing your password to a simple one.

You can always install plugins manually as a workaround.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-12-22

Ok, so the password line was commented for some reason (there are a couple of admin users, so I suspect someone was messing around), so I removed the comment, and reset the password to null, then redefined the password, and that did it, thanks!

-- TerryBrown - 2009-12-23

Mine was commented out as well. That's weird.

-- JacobGreenleaf - 2009-12-28

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