SID-02117: /bin/configure shows only text

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.0.1	Perl version:	v5.16.3
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	CentOS 7	Last update:	10 years ago

Hello,

I`m not pretty new to Linux, but I`m also not that pro in it. The problem seems very common, when i try to run the configure it only shows the Text version of it.

I already did the ApacheConfigGenerator and insert it with no change.

• i followed this http://www.unixmen.com/install-twiki-collaboration-platform-centos-6-5/ installation guide

• twiki is stored in the /var/www/cgi-bin/twiki (also tried /var/www/twiki and www/html/twiki)

• perl: /usr/bin/perl

• while setup cpan i just did the default settings, after that i installed all the required modules

• LocalLib.cfg:

use vars qw( $twikiLibPath $CPANBASE );

#development and debugging settings
#$ENV{TWIKI_ASSERTS} = 1;
#$ENV{TWIKI_MONITOR} = 1;   # Basic monitoring = 1, more monitoring = 2

# ------------++ Path to lib directory containing TWiki.pm.
# REQUIRED:
# The absolute path to the 'lib' directory in your installation..

$twikiLibPath = "/var/www/cgi-bin/twiki/lib";

# ------------++ Path to TWiki's CPAN base.
# OPTIONAL:
# TWiki ships with some CPAN modules, such as File::Temp. They load after
# the default Perl libs. If you want to load them before the system libs,
# uncomment the following line.

# $CPANBASE = "$twikiLibPath/CPAN/lib/";




# @localPerlLibPath = ( '/path/to/dir' );

• httpd.conf:

Listen 80
Listen 8081

Include conf.modules.d/*.conf

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
.
.
.
<VirtualHost *:8081>

        DocumentRoot /var/www/cgi-bin/twiki/


        Include /etc/httpd/conf.d/twiki_httpd.conf

</VirtualHost>
.
.
.
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/"
</IfModule>

<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Require all granted
</Directory>
.
.
.
IncludeOptional conf.d/*.conf

• twiki_httpd.conf

rowserMatchNoCase ^$ blockAccess

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
    # Mod_perl preloading
    PerlSwitches -T
</IfModule>

ScriptAlias http://IP:port/bin "/var/www/twiki/bin"

Alias       http://IP:port/pub/TWiki   "/var/www/twiki/pub/TWiki"
Alias       http://IP:port/pub/Sandbox "/var/www/twiki/pub/Sandbox"
ScriptAlias http://IP:port/pub         "/var/www/twiki/bin/viewfile"


SetEnvIf Request_URI "http://IP:port/pub/.*\.[hH][tT][mM][lL]?$" blockAccess
SetEnvIf Request_URI "http://IP:port/pub/TWiki/.*\.[hH][tT][mM][lL]?$" !blockAccess


<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/twiki/bin">
Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/twiki/bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
    Deny from env=blockAccess

    Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
    SetHandler cgi-script


    AuthUserFile /var/www/cgi-bin/twiki/data/.htpasswd
    AuthName 'Enter your WikiName: (First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith)'
    AuthType Basic

    ErrorDocument 401 http://IP:PORT/bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration

</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/twiki/pub">
    Options None
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
    Deny from env=blockAccess

    php_admin_flag engine off

    AddType text/plain .shtml .php .php3 .phtml .phtm .pl .py .cgi

</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/twiki/pub/Trash">
   deny from all
</Directory>

Hope this helps, i can also provide more information if needed. Thanks for the help.

regards

Harald

-- harald Miller - 2015-10-28

Discussion and Answer

Don't put TWiki in a cgi-bin enabled directory, place it outside of any Apache enabled directory, and use the twiki.conf file to tell Apache to use twiki/bin as a cgi-bin, and twiki/pub as a html doc enabled directory. I recommend to follow the TWikiInstallationGuide, and use the ApacheConfigGenerator to generate the twiki.conf file.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2015-10-28

thanks for your help, dont know why its working now.... i already tried to move twiki to /var/www/ and changed config etc.

just for the next guy like me here is the actual config:

• httpd.conf

Listen 80
Listen 8081
...
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
...
#twiki running on port 8081
<VirtualHost *:8081>
        DocumentRoot /var/www/
#       ServerName twiki.mydomain.com
#       ErrorLog logs/twiki.mydomain.com-error_log
#       CustomLog logs/twiki.mydomain.com-access_log common
        Include /etc/httpd/conf.d/twiki_httpd.conf
</VirtualHost>

• twiki_httpd.conf

BrowserMatchNoCase ^$ blockAccess

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
    # Mod_perl preloading
    PerlSwitches -T
</IfModule>

ScriptAlias http://IP:PORT/twiki/bin "/var/www/twiki/bin"

Alias       http://IP:PORT/twiki/pub/TWiki   "/var/www/twiki/pub/TWiki"
Alias       http://IP:PORT/twiki/pub/Sandbox "/var/www/twiki/pub/Sandbox"
ScriptAlias http://IP:PORT/twiki/pub         "/var/www/twiki/bin/viewfile"

SetEnvIf Request_URI "http://IP:PORT/twiki/pub/.*\.[hH][tT][mM][lL]?$" blockAccess
SetEnvIf Request_URI "http://IP:PORT/twiki/pub/TWiki/.*\.[hH][tT][mM][lL]?$" !blockAccess

<Directory "/var/www/twiki/bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
    Deny from env=blockAccess

    Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
    SetHandler cgi-script

    AuthUserFile /var/www/twiki/data/.htpasswd
    AuthName 'Enter your WikiName: (First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith)'
    AuthType Basic

    ErrorDocument 401 http://IP:PORT/twiki/bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration



</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/twiki/pub">
    Options None
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
    Deny from env=blockAccess
    php_admin_flag engine off
    AddType text/plain .shtml .php .php3 .phtml .phtm .pl .py .cgi
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/twiki/pub/Trash">
   deny from all
</Directory>

regards

Harald

-- harald Miller - 2015-10-29

Note on the latest httpd.conf example: Do not declare /var/www as a html doc root because this exposes all /var/www/twiki to the browser world, which is a security issue. Only twiki/bin and twiki/pub can be exposed, others must not.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2015-10-29

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.