SID-01585: Insecure directory in $ENV{PATH} while running with -T swit

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Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Linux 2.6.42-26-generic (x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi)	Last update:	13 years ago

This is a brand new installation on Ubuntu 12.04 and when I run config I get the following error:

Insecure directory in $ENV{PATH} while running with -T switch at /var/www/twiki/lib/TWiki/Configure/Checker.pm line 155.

Have checked previous questions on this topic, but none of the answers help.

The SaveEnvPath points to the correct directories (I believe)

$TWiki::cfg{SafeEnvPath} = '/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin';

-- TWikiGuest - 2012-11-14

Discussion and Answer

Have attached the output from config.

-- LeoList - 2012-11-14

Check the permissions of each directory in the path, they must be non-writable by the webserver user.

-- PeterThoeny - 2012-11-14

done. they are only writable by root

-- LeoList - 2012-11-14

ok. found it.

one of the directories had world write access.

Thanks,

-- LeoList - 2012-11-14

-- LeoList - 2012-11-14

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