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TWikiInstallationGuide 48 - 21 Sep 2002 - Main.PeterThoeny
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- Create directory
/home/httpd/twiki and unzip the TWiki distribution into this directory.
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twiki/bin directory of TWiki must be set as a cgi-bin directory. Add /home/httpd/twiki/bin to file /etc/httpd/httpd.conf with only ExecCGI option.
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twiki/pub directory of TWiki must be set so that it is visible as a URL. Add /home/httpd/twiki to file httpd.conf with normal access options (copy from /home/httpd/html ).
- Now add
ScriptAlias for /twiki/bin and Alias for /twiki to file httpd.conf .
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TWikiInstallationGuide 47 - 02 Aug 2002 - Main.PeterThoeny
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- Set the permission of all files below
twiki/data so that they are writable by user nobody. A simple way is to chmod them to -rw-rw-r-- (664) and to chown them to nobody.
- Set the permission of the
twiki/data directory and its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user nobody. A simple way is to chmod them to drwxrwxr-x (775) and to chown them to nobody.
- Set the permission of the
twiki/pub directory and all its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user nobody. A simple way is to chmod them to drwxrwxr-x (775) and to chown them to nobody.
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TWikiInstallationGuide 46 - 07 Jul 2002 - Main.PeterThoeny
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.htaccess does not have the desired effect, you need to enable it: Add "AllowOverride All" to the Directory [3] section of access.conf for your twiki/bin directory.
- This applies only if you have root access: on hosted accounts, you shouldn't have this problem - otherwise, email tech support.
- NOTE: In the TWiki distribution package, the
twiki/data/.htpasswd.txt file contains several TWiki core team user accounts and a guest user account. You probably want to remove those accounts by deleting the entries in .htpasswd. Do not remove the guest user if you want to allow guest logins.
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- Register yourself in the TWikiRegistration topic.
- NOTE: When a user registers, a new line with the username and encrypted password is added to the
data/.htpasswd file. The .htpasswd file that comes with the TWiki installation includes user accounts for TWiki core team members that are used for testing on TWiki.org. You can edit the file and delete those lines.
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TWikiInstallationGuide 45 - 16 May 2002 - Main.MikeMannix
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> | Request and download the TWiki 01-Dec-2001 distribution in Unix ZIP format from http://TWiki.org/download.html. (To install TWiki on SourceForge, for use on a software development project, read TWiki:Codev/SourceForgeHowTo .) | | | Step 1: Create & Configure the Directories | | | for f in /,v; do sed 's/nobody\:/www-data\:/' $f > x; mv -f x $f; done
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$storeTopicImpl)
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$storeTopicImpl = "RcsLite"; for the Perl based RCS
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$storeTopicImpl = "RcsWrap"; for the RCS execuatbles and make sure RCS is installed. Set $rcsDir in twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg to mach the location of your RCS binaries. You can check this by issuing the comand rcs at the prompt, it should result in something like "rcs: no input file".
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twiki/data , twiki/templates and all its subdirectories should be set so that they are not visible as a URL. (Alternatively, move the directories to a place where they are not visible, and change the variables in twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg accordingly)
- Test your settings by running the
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.htaccess does not have the desired effect, you need to enable it: Add "AllowOverride All" to the Directory [3] section of access.conf for your twiki/bin directory.
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.txt and .txt,v files in the twiki/data/TWiki directory.
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name="" parameter of the input tags must start with: "Twk0..." (if this is an optional entry), or "Twk1..." (if this is a required entry). This ensures that the fields are processed correctly.
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> | See Appendix A: TWiki File System? for an installed system snapshot and descriptions of all files in the TWiki 01-Dec-2001 distribution. | | | -- PeterThoeny - 13 Sep 2001
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TWikiInstallationGuide 44 - 07 Apr 2002 - Main.PeterThoeny
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- Customize the
%WEBTOPICLIST% variable to contain the web-specific links you prefer.
- Set the WEBBGCOLOR variable to a color. The number represents the unique color for the web.
- Set Plugins, access privileges, custom variables, other web-level options (ex:
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