SID-01030: twiki-vm administrator username

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.0.1	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryAuthentication	Server OS:	Debian	Last update:	14 years ago

I have started twiki using the debian twiki virtual machine

but i cannot gain administrator access to set a user as administrator

what username do i need to use?.

-- LloydWilke - 2010-11-19

Discussion and Answer

Hello

Where did you take that vm from?

In case it is from http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiVMDebianStable check Adding plugins section.

In case it is from http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiVMJeOS check TWiki Configuration section.

In any case you can reset the admin user password (login: admin) by deleting the $TWiki::cfg{Password} line in the /twiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg file and later specifying a new one in configure script (http://twiki-vm/twiki/bin/configure)

-- EnriqueCadalso - 2010-11-19

Closing this question after more than 30 days of inactivity. Feel free to reopen if needed. Consider engaging one of the TWiki consultants if you need timely help. We invite you to get involved with the community, it is more likely you get community support if you support the open source project!

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-01-04

I also still have an issue with this- I got the VM from http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev.TWikiVMDebianStable

Just upgraded to 5.0.1 following the instructions for upgrading to 4.3.1 outlined in http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiVMDebianStable#How_to_upgrade_your_VM_to_versio

After the update to 5.0.1, removed the password, ran configure and tried logging in with the "internal admin login" link using the password that was set under configure. After trying to log in, TWiki would take me back to a blank login screen as if I didn't enter any credentials. When trying to login with the username "admin", I would get returned to the screen I was originally viewing.

Any advice?

-- MunChin - 2011-02-04

Not sure, but check this: The Apache config file for TWiki might be set to require authentication for the configure script in twiki/bin. You can safely remove that restriction because in TWiki-5.0 you need to login in order to view the configuration.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-02-05

Are you referring to the "LocalLib.cfg" file? I can't seem to find a reference to Apache authentication. The closest thing I could find was the ".htaccess.txt" file, however it seems that it doesn't take effect unless it gets renamed to ".htaccess".

-- MunChin - 2011-02-08

I am referring to the apache config file for twiki, typically twiki.conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d, but may vary based on your OS, Linux distribution, and configuration.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-02-09

See also ApacheConfigGenerator.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-02-09

Just tried that, created the file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/twiki.conf" using the ApacheConfigGenerator and added the line

include "/etc/apache2/conf.d/twiki.conf"

in the file "/etc/apache2/httpd.conf" - still getting the same behavior.

-- MunChin - 2011-02-10

Closing this question after more than 30 days of inactivity. Feel free to reopen if needed. Consider engaging one of the TWiki consultants if you need timely help. We invite you to get involved with the community, it is more likely you get community support if you support the open source project!

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-05-02

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