<li><a href="#TWiki Installation Guide"> TWiki Installation Guide</a><ul>
<li><a href="#Standard Installation"> Standard Installation</a><ul>
<li><a href="#Step 1: Create Configure the Di"> Step 1: Create & Configure the Directories</a><ul>
- <li><a href="#Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts"> Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Aletrnative Step 1: Create Conf"> Aletrnative Step 1: Create & Configure the Directories for Non-Root Accounts</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Step 2: Set File Permissions"> Step 2: Set File Permissions</a></li>
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-#### <a name="Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts"></a> Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts
+#### <a name="Aletrnative Step 1: Create Conf"></a> Aletrnative Step 1: Create & Configure the Directories for Non-Root Accounts
To install TWiki on a system where you don't have Unix/Linux root (administrator) privileges, for example, on a hosted Web account or an intranet server administered by someone else:
- 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`.
- %H% The `twiki/data/*/*.txt,v` RCS repository files in the installation package are locked by user `nobody`. If your CGI scripts are **_not_** running as user `nobody`, it's not possible to check in files (you'll see that the revision number won't increase after saving a topic). In this case, you need to unlock all repository files (check the RCS man pages) and lock them with a different user, such as `www-data`, or delete them all - new files will be automatically created the first time each topic is edited. You have two options to change ownership of the RCS lock user:
- - Run the `testenv` script from your browser; in the %BROWN% **Fix** %ENDCOLOR% line you can <u>relock</u> all the rcs files
- - Alternatively, run this in your shell: %BR% `cd twiki/data` %BR% `find . -name *.v~ -exec perl -pi~ -e '$. <= 10 && s/nobody:/www-data:/ ' {} ;`
+ - Run the `testenv` script from your browser; in the %BROWN% **Fix** %ENDCOLOR% line you can <u>relock</u> all the rcs files **(recommended)**
+ - Alternatively, run this in your shell: %BR% `cd twiki/data` %BR% <code>find . -name **,v -exec perl -pi~ -e '$. <= 10 && s/nobody:/www-data:/ ' \{\} \\;**</code> %BR% This will create `,v~` backup files which you should remove after verification: %BR% `find . -name *,v~ -exec rm -f {} \;`
### <a name="Step 3: Edit the Configuration F"></a> Step 3: Edit the Configuration Files
### <a name="Enabling Authentication of Users"></a> Enabling Authentication of Users
- If TWiki is installed on a non-authenticated server - not using SSL - and you'd like to authenticate users:
- 1. **Rename** file `.htaccess.txt` in the `twiki/bin` directory to `.htaccess` and change it to your needs. For details, consult the HTTP server documentation (for Apache server: [[1]](http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html), [[2]](http://systems.mcs.kent.edu/info/web_help/htaccess/)). In particular, the following <font>red</font> part needs to be configured correctly: <br /><code>Redirect <font>/urlpathto/twiki/index.html</font> http://<font>yourdomain.com/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>view</code><br /><code>AuthUserFile <font>/filepathto/twiki/data/</font>.htpasswd</code><br /><code>ErrorDocument 401 <font>/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth</code>
+ 1. **Rename** file `.htaccess.txt` in the `twiki/bin` directory to `.htaccess` and change it to your needs. The comment at the top of the file explains what need to be done, basically replace `!FILE_path_to_TWiki!` and `!URL_path_to_TWiki!` with paths specific to your installation. _For the details of how this file works, consult the HTTP server documentation (for Apache server: [[1]](http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html), [[2]](http://systems.mcs.kent.edu/info/web_help/htaccess/))_.
- %X% **NOTE:** If you had to add a `.cgi` or `.pl` file extension to the `bin` scripts, make sure to do the same for `edit`, `view`, `preview`, and all the other script names in `.htaccess`.
- %H% The browser should ask for login name and password when you click on the <u>Edit</u> link. In case `.htaccess` does not have the desired effect, you need to enable it: Add "AllowOverride All" to the Directory [[3]](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#directory) 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.
See [[Appendix A: TWiki File System|Main/AppendixFileSystem]] for an installed system snapshot and descriptions of all files in the TWiki 01-Sep-2004 distribution.
--- TWiki:Main/PeterThoeny - 15 Aug 2004 %BR% -- TWiki:Main/MikeMannix - 16 May 2002
+-- TWiki:Main/PeterThoeny - 29 Aug 2004 %BR% -- TWiki:Main/MikeMannix - 16 May 2002
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