SID-00893: Configure permissions and directory structure

Status:	Unanswered	TWiki version:	4.1.2	Perl version:	v5.10.0 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Ubuntu Desktop 9.04 Jaunty	Last update:	15 years ago

Good Day,

I have installed TWiki on my Ubuntu Desktop 9.04- the Jaunty Jackalope using the following installation instructions http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiOnUbuntu

I set my twiki to run from http://localhost/ I give admin a password and the installation completes without any problems

I then login to Twiki and run the configure script http://localhost//cgi-bin/twiki/configure

I am now able to configure Twiki where I leave everything vanilla except I change the password to match admin. As admin I am able to run configure and make desired changes.

However,

I log out and shut down, when I log back in as the same user and as admin on Twiki I get a 403 Forbidden error _________________________________________________________________________ Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/twiki/configure on this server. Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80 _________________________________________________________________________

I understand that this is a permissions error so when I visit http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/SettingFileAccessRightsLinuxUnix and attempt to use the instructions to change my permissions I see that my directory structure is different from that specified. I have /var/www/twiki but it only contains pub/ pub/ contains the following folders. _default Main Sandbox Trash TWiki _work_areas

1. How should I go about changing the permissions on my twiki so that I can access configure after I log out? My directory structure is different from all those described on the TWiki web site.

2. Should I do a manual install instead of the sudo apt-get approach?

Many thanks and apologies for the long question, Wesley

-- WesleyRoberts - 2010-07-12

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