SID-00707: Error "The requested operation has failed"?

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.3.2	Perl version:	ActivePerl 5.10.1.1006
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Win XP SP2	Last update:	16 years ago

I just installed TWiki 4.3.2 on Windows XP. I copy pasted a twiki.conf file from the config tool.

When I try to start Apache, I get an error "The requested operation has failed."

When I comment out Include conf/twiki.conf line from httpd.conf then apache starts up with no error.

There's nothing of note in the trace logs.

Someone else in the #twiki channel had the same problem, was on Debian, so I think it's got to be related somehow to twiki.

I have ActivePerl 5.10.1.1006 and Apache 2.2.14.

I believe I followed the install instructions correctly, but maybe I messed up somewhere? googled the error message but didn't see anything that was helpful.

Any idea what the problem might be?

-- AlecBeaton - 2010-01-07

Discussion and Answer

Test your twiki.conf with the apachectl utility: apachectl configtest should tell you configuration errors. Details in http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/apachectl.html

Info on Apache on Windows at http://www.ricocheting.com/server/apache.html

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-01-07

Thanks Peter. I don't see an apachectl utility in the Windows version. Googled it but don't see where I can download one, or if it even exists. When the twiki.conf include is commented out from httpd.conf, apache starts and I get the It works! page, so it doesn't seem to be an apache problem, per se. Any further advice?

BTW, while I'm in the "playing around" stage with this I need to run it on Windows as I don't have a Linux box available that I can use. If I choose to go with twiki for production use, it'll be running on Linux, but for now it's Win XP.

-- AlecBeaton - 2010-01-08

Never mind re apachectl - for Windows, they "bury" it in a Start menu, called Test Configuration. Duh.

That reports an error in the config file:

Invalid command 'php_admin_flag', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

In the twiki.conf file, I see the following:

php_admin_flag engine off

Is it looking for a script called php_admin_flag? I don't see any such anywhere.

-- AlecBeaton - 2010-01-09

If php is not installed (unlikely on Windows) it is safe to remove the flag.

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-01-09

Thanks, that resolves the apache problem with twiki.conf

-- AlecBeaton - 2010-01-09

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