Question

• TWiki version: (TWiki version: 01 Feb 2003)
• Perl version: 5.6.1
• Web server & version: Apache
• Server OS: SunOS + Linux
• Web browser & version: Internet Explorer 6.0
• Client OS: WinXP

This is a followup to WebCreateSaysNotAuthorised. I get the same error as the original poster. I do not understand the answer.

To WebCreateSaysNotAuthorised PeterThoeny answered

In the bin/.htaccess file make sure that the manage script is authenticated like e.g. the edit script. If that is not the case, the manage script thinks that you are a guest.

I am afraid that I am too stupid to fully understand this.

Yes, I understand what .htaccess is.

But at the moment I am using Apache access control outside of TWiki - I have a .htaccess (equivalent) file in a directory leading to twiki/bin, but nothing in twiki/bin itself.

Edit is working.

I have added my WikiName (AndyGlew) to TWikiAdminGroup.

I think that manage is therefore authenticated like edit.

Or are you saying that ManagingWebs to create a new web can only be used if basic access control is enabled inside TWiki?

I admit to ConfusionAboutAuthentication and CompanyAndTWikiWebAuthentication.

-- AndyGlew - 03 Apr 2003

Answer

I am not an expert, by any means, but until someone with more knowledge responds, why don't you try looking in your .htaccess file wherever it is. Does it include the word "edit" somewhere in it? If so, I think what you need to do is create an additional entry in the .htaccess file, just like the entry with "edit" but with "manage" in place of "edit".

-- RandyKramer - 04 Apr 2003

Randy is correct, you need to put the manage script under authentication, in the same manner as the edit script.

-- PeterThoeny - 06 Apr 2003

Well, I eventually got it working, but it had nothing to do with the manage script (which, automatically, was under the same authentication as edit, view, etc.)

The problem was (1) CompanyAndTWikiWebAuthentication, and (2) possibly UnixTWikiFileOwnership.

-- AndyGlew - 11 Apr 2003