Question

Server 500 Error with viewauth symbolically linked to view

Upon being redirected to ./bin/viewauth/Globaltis/WebHome, there is a:

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

Premature end of script headers: .../twiki/cgi-bin/viewauth

Apache/1.3.27 Server at twiki.rekurso.com Port 80

Note: The symbolic link was made as per the TWiki Documentation recomendation (.htaccess contains 'viewauth', and does not contain 'view')

Test case

Removing the symbolic link solves the problem. Reestablishing the symbolic link reproduces the error.

Environment

-- VictorKane - 15 Sep 2003

Answer

Look at the Apache error log file for the exact error message. Please check your Apache settings, they are configured to disallow symbolic links.

Either make a hard link or copy the view to viewauth in case you do not want to allow symbolic links for security reasons.

-- PeterThoeny - 15 Sep 2003

same problem with copy (no links)

I copied the view file but run into the same problem. What could be wrong?

-- RalfMartin - 05 Apr 2004

I edited the TWikiUsers topic on the given link. It seems to work. (Using TWikiGuest ) ??? Do I miss something ??

-- MarcelTrap - 06 Apr 2004