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Twiki Issues
I am planning on deploying Turnkey Twiki. I've been running Twiki for 5+ years.
I too ran into are a few issues:
1) When a user registers, Twiki fails to send the mail to the new user to finish the registration process. (I think it's an issue with configuration).
2) To fix this, one should run: www.yousite.com/cgi-bin/twiki/configure
It is asking for a user and password. I've tried all sorts of user password combinations with no luck. I found some info but I don't know exactly what the issue is. http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/ConfigureAuthentication
3) If Turnkey Twiki was produced from Debian Twiki, it may have issues.
4) Would you consider FosWiki?
Replies (5)
TWiki email is fixed
Reply 1WebMasterEmail is configured in /etc/twiki/LocalSite.cfg
Reply 2Just update the setting to a valid email and you should be set. You shouldn't have to change the hostname
New User Issue is an email issue.
Reply 3I've tracked the new user issue to an email issue. I believe it is caused by a few things.
A.) Hostname is not set during install. It just comes up as twiki.
B.) I set the hostname in WebMin.
C.) New User email (for verification) is sent from root@localhost @ host twiki. Our campus email hosts reject email from such a user.
D.)Is this a twiki issue or postfix configuration?
Dear Oliver, Thanks for your
Reply 4Dear Oliver,
Thanks for your offer.
I am currently running FOSWiki by using a Turnkey LAMP and then following the FOSWiki Debian/Ubuntu installation instructions. After using *Wiki for over 8+ years, I am finding my way around FOSWiki. One thing I would like is email notification of registration (It gives a messages that email notification is turned off).
Other than that, I took most of my *Wiki content and moved it over wholesale. It works great!
Now, if it was just available as a Turnkey Appliance....
Foswiki appliance
Reply 5We'd love to have your help creating a TurnKey Foswiki appliance. I think the fastest way to get the appliance off the ground would be to use TKLpatch, a simple appliance customization mechanism. You should also take a look at the community development notes.
Looking foward to collaborating with you and the Foswiki folks!
Alon, one doesn't need to edit /etc/twiki/LocalSite.cfg once the Apache config is fixed to allow AdminUser to run TWiki Configure
The TWiki email then works.
Thanks for the assistance!