Problem running Configure in TWiki

I just installed the new TWiki appliance behind a firewall at work. I need to turn off the email verification feature as I won't be able to access anything from behind the firewall.

I assume that this is done in the Configure section of the Admin Tools but when I select this, I am repeatedly prompted for Login/Pass. The AdminUser login works as a site login but I can't access Configure with it.

This is an out-of-the-box install with no customizations. Not much I can change if I can't access Configure.

Has anyone else run into this?

Replies (5)

We'll look into it

Reply 1 2009-11-29

Bill thanks for reporting this. If we can reproduce this issue on our end then hopefully we can issue a workaround and a fix which will go into the next version.

Thanks. Added to todo list

Reply 2 2009-11-30

I've added the warnings you mentioned to my todo list for when we release an updated version.

Yes! It IS the Apache config

Reply 3 2009-11-30

Yes!

It IS the Apache config problem. After making the suggested change and restarting Apache, I could run TWiki Configure.

It gives two warnings - one for localhost and one for email root@localhost.

After updating both and saving the Conguration, it appears to work.

Thanks!

Misconfiguration in apache.conf

Reply 4 2009-11-30

Thanks for reporting this, it turns out to be a misconfiguration in the apache configuration. You can either comment out the configure section as Peter mentioned, so you can access it without a authenticating, or update /etc/twiki/apache.conf

old:    Require user TWikiGuest
new:    Require user AdminUser

This fix will be included in all future versions of the TWiki appliance.
BTW, disabling email verification is specified here:

Security Setup -> Security Registration -> {Register}{NeedVerification}

I hope this solves your issue.

I suspect that the appliance has changed.

Reply 5 2015-02-05

This thread is really old so I suspect that the way the server is built now has changed. TBH I'm not sure where the conf file is but the best place to start looking IMO would be /var/www/twiki Actually you could use the find command to help you out:

find /var/www/twiki -name apache.conf

Hopefully that will work...