SID-01833: TWiki configure error (while installation twiki)

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.2	Perl version:	5.6.1
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	windows 7	Last update:	11 years ago

When I run the configure script for the first time(localhost/twiki/bin/configure), a dialog popup asks for username/password telling me to use my WikiName. This does not work. I have entered my WikiName with password, with my Wiki Registered password, tried admin, root, my own linux os login, as well as several choice unmentionable words. Since I have not yet set a password and there is not .htpassed file, how do I get past this dialog so I can run the configure script?

After entering wikiusername and passowrd I get this on browser

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, admin@-PLEASENOSPAM.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

-- Chetan Mathapati - 2013-11-25

Discussion and Answer

Not sure. What is the Apache error log stating?

In any case I do not recommend installing/running this old TWiki-4.2.2 release. Later releases do not require protecting the configure script because the configure script handles a configure password internally.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-11-25

Also, instead of a native TWiki install on Windows I recommend to run the TWiki-VM on VMware on Windows. Very easy to install, and performs better.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-11-25

Thanks Peter....

Apache error :-

[Wed Nov 27 12:37:09 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/www/favicon.ico [Wed Nov 27 12:37:09 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/www/favicon.ico [Wed Nov 27 12:37:11 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/www/favicon.ico [Wed Nov 27 12:37:12 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/www/www, referer: http://localhost/twiki/ [Wed Nov 27 12:37:30 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified. : Could not open password file: C:/www/twiki/data/.htpasswd, referer: http://localhost/twiki/ [Wed Nov 27 12:37:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/www/favicon.ico

-- Chetan Mathapati - 2013-11-27

I've gotten this same error installing v6.0 on red hat linux I'm trying to run the /do/configure dialog. First I got the message about .htpasswd does not exist so I created one using the htpasswd utility adding a userid and password for the userid that is running the apache webserver. Now I get " configuration error: couldn't check access. No groups file?: /do/configure " and an http 500 error I've also tried commenting out all the AuthUserFile AuthType etc. when you do that and run the /do/configure you get configuration error: couldn't perform authentication. AuthType not set!: /do/configure

I'm stuck what's wrong here?

-- Richard Floyd - 2014-02-12

Check the apache configuration. Make sure Apache does not require auth for configure (configure does its own password management).

Best to open a new support question, you have a different environment.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2014-02-12

-- Richard Floyd - 2014-02-14

You are right. I was trying to make an IBM IHS Webserver work for twiki. I abandoned that idea and installed the latest apache v2.4.7 after enabling CGI I flew past this problem Thanks!

-- Richard Floyd - 2014-02-14

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