[Moin-user] Permissions problem

[Gisbert Amm]

Probably stupid question: Is /usr/local/var/moin/diwiki/cgi-bin/moin.cgi 
executable at all? Can the webserver user read it?

Regards,
Gisbert Amm

Andre Meyer wrote:
> MoinMoin
> 
> I have tried to install MoinMoin today on a Fedora Core 4 machine from 
> the usual repo. After going through all the configuration (see 
> attachment) it seems to work, but when I access the new wiki I get the 
> following error message in the browser:
> 
> 
>   Internal Server Error
> 
> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was 
> unable to complete your request.
> 
> Please contact the server administrator, meyer at acm.org 
> <mailto:meyer at acm.org> 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.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Apache/2.0.54 (Fedora) Server at python.openspace.nl 
> <mailto:meyer at acm.org> Port 80
> 
> 
> 
> The error log says the following:
> 
> [Wed Feb 22 14:56:35 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1>] 
> (13)Permission denied: exec of 
> '/usr/local/var/moin/diwiki/cgi-bin/moin.cgi' failed
> [Wed Feb 22 14:56:35 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1>] 
> Premature end of script headers: moin.cgi
> 
> 
> I have also added the lines with permissions for access to the htdocs 
> directory and restarted httpd, but it doesn't help.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> thanks in advance for your help.
> kind regards
> André
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> # http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation
> 
> export PREFIX=/usr
> export SHARE=$PREFIX/share/moin
> export WIKILOCATION=/usr/local/var/moin
> export INSTANCE=diwiki
> 
> export USER=apache
> export GROUP=apache
> 
> cd $WIKILOCATION
> mkdir $INSTANCE
> cp -R $SHARE/data $INSTANCE
> cp -R $SHARE/underlay $INSTANCE
> cp $SHARE/config/wikiconfig.py $INSTANCE
> 
> chown -R $USER.$GROUP $INSTANCE
> chmod -R ug+rwX $INSTANCE
> chmod -R o-rwx $INSTANCE
> 
> # Moin CGI
> cd $WIKILOCATION/$INSTANCE
> mkdir cgi-bin
> cp $SHARE/server/moin.cgi cgi-bin
> chown -R $USER.$GROUP cgi-bin
> chmod -R ug+rx cgi-bin
> chmod -R o-rwx cgi-bin
> 
> echo "" >>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> #echo "Alias /wiki/ \"$SHARE/htdocs/\"" >>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> echo "ScriptAlias /diwiki \"$WIKILOCATION/$INSTANCE/cgi-bin/moin.cgi\"" >>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> 
> # restart Apache
> /etc/init.d/httpd restart
> 
> grep moin /var/log/httpd/error_log
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
> # IMPORTANT! This encoding (charset) setting MUST be correct! If you live in a
> # western country and you don't know that you use utf-8, you probably want to
> # use iso-8859-1 (or some other iso charset). If you use utf-8 (a Unicode
> # encoding) you MUST use: coding: utf-8
> # That setting must match the encoding your editor uses when you modify the
> # settings below. If it does not, special non-ASCII chars will be wrong.
> 
> """
>     MoinMoin - Configuration for a single wiki
> 
>     If you run a single wiki only, you can omit the farmconfig.py config
>     file and just use wikiconfig.py - it will be used for every request
>     we get in that case.
> 
>     Note that there are more config options than you'll find in
>     the version of this file that is installed by default; see
>     the module MoinMoin.multiconfig for a full list of names and their
>     default values.
> 
>     Also, the URL http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpOnConfiguration has
>     a list of config options.
> 
>     @copyright: 2000-2005 by Juergen Hermann <jh at web.de>
>     @license: GNU GPL, see COPYING for details.
> """
> 
> from MoinMoin.multiconfig import DefaultConfig
> 
> 
> class Config(DefaultConfig):
> 
>     # Wiki identity ----------------------------------------------------
> 
>     # Site name, used by default for wiki name-logo [Unicode]
>     sitename = u'Distributed Intelligence Wiki'
> 
>     # Wiki logo. You can use an image, text or both. [Unicode]
>     # Example: u'<img src="/wiki/mywiki.png" alt="My Wiki">My Wiki'
>     # For no logo or text, use ''
>     logo_string = sitename
> 
>     # The interwiki name used in interwiki links
>     interwikiname = None
> 
> 
>     # Critical setup  ---------------------------------------------------
> 
>     # Misconfiguration here will render your wiki unusable. Check that
>     # all directories are accessible by the web server or moin server.
> 
>     # If you encounter problems, try to set data_dir and data_underlay_dir
>     # to absolute paths.
> 
>     # Where your mutable wiki pages are. You want to make regular
>     # backups of this directory.
>     data_dir = '../data/'
> 
>     # Where read-only system and help page are. You might want to share
>     # this directory between several wikis. When you update MoinMoin,
>     # you can safely replace the underlay directory with a new one. This
>     # directory is part of MoinMoin distribution, you don't have to
>     # backup it.
>     data_underlay_dir = '../underlay/'
> 
>     # This must be '/wiki' for twisted and standalone. For CGI, it should
>     # match your Apache Alias setting.
>     url_prefix = '/diwiki'
>     
> 
>     # Security ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
>     # Security critical actions (disabled by default)
>     # Uncomment to enable options you like.
>     #allowed_actions = ['DeletePage', 'AttachFile', 'RenamePage']
>     
>     # Enable acl (0 to disable)
>     acl_enabled = 1    
> 
>     # IMPORTANT: grant yourself admin rights! replace YourName with
>     # your user name. See HelpOnAccessControlLists for more help.
>     # All acl_rights_xxx options must use unicode [Unicode]
>     #acl_rights_before = u"YourName:read,write,delete,revert,admin"
>     
>     # Link spam protection for public wikis (Uncomment to enable)
>     # Needs a reliable internet connection.
>     #from MoinMoin.util.antispam import SecurityPolicy
> 
> 
>     # Mail --------------------------------------------------------------
>     
>     # Configure to enable subscribing to pages (disabled by default)
>     # or sending forgotten passwords.
> 
>     # SMTP server, e.g. "mail.provider.com" (empty or None to disable mail)
>     mail_smarthost = ""
> 
>     # The return address, e.g "My Wiki <noreply at mywiki.org>"
>     mail_from = ""
> 
>     # "user pwd" if you need to use SMTP AUTH
>     mail_login = ""
> 
> 
>     # User interface ----------------------------------------------------
>     
>     # Add your wikis important pages at the end. It is not recommended to
>     # remove the default links.  Leave room for user links - don't use
>     # more than 6 short items.
>     # You MUST use Unicode strings here, but you need not use localized
>     # page names for system and help pages, those will be used automatically
>     # according to the user selected language. [Unicode]
>     navi_bar = [
>         # Will use page_front_page, (default FrontPage)
>         u'%(page_front_page)s',
>         u'RecentChanges',
>         u'FindPage',
>         u'SiteNavigation',
>         u'HelpContents',
>     ]
> 
>     # The default theme anonymous or new users get
>     theme_default = 'modern'
>     
> 
>     # Language options --------------------------------------------------
> 
>     # See http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ConfigMarket for configuration in 
>     # YOUR language that other people contributed.
> 
>     # The main wiki language, set the direction of the wiki pages
>     default_lang = 'en'
> 
>     # You must use Unicode strings here [Unicode]
>     page_category_regex = u'^Category[A-Z]'
>     page_dict_regex = u'[a-z]Dict$'
>     page_form_regex = u'[a-z]Form$'
>     page_group_regex = u'[a-z]Group$'
>     page_template_regex = u'[a-z]Template$'
> 
>     # Content options ---------------------------------------------------
> 
>     # Show users hostnames in RecentChanges
>     show_hosts = 1                  
> 
>     # Enumerate headlines?
>     show_section_numbers = 0
> 
>     # Charts size, require gdchart (Set to None to disable).
>     chart_options = {'width': 600, 'height': 300}