On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Chris Rogus <cricel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying out Fossil and I got it working with the standalone server > (e.g. `fossil server repo.fossil`) but I like the idea of the CGI approach > and want to use that instead, only I can't get it to work for some reason. > The way my server is configured seems to be creating a permissions error > with Fossil, only once I started having this problem, I immediately gave 777 > permissions and apache ownership to the repo.fossil and its containing > directory /root/fossils/ (it's a clean server install, CentOS 5.5 on a > Rackspace Cloud Server, with no normal users other than root) to guarantee > it would work and yet it still didn't solve the problem. When everyone can > read and write the repo file and directory, and it's owned by my webserver > process, how can fossil still not be able to read it? (Note: I confirmed > that the file path is correct and the apache configuration uses user+group > "apache".) Can anyone tell me what I'm missing that I need to change to > make this work? I'm betting it's something really simple and obvious, so > I'm sorry to have to ask, but I've spent a lot of time on this already and > would really appreciate some extra, more expert, eyes on this one. Thanks. > > The error when loading the cgi script in my browser -- the same is listed > as the error response when attempting `fossil clone ...`: > "repository does not exist or is in an unreadable directory: > /root/fossils/repo.fossil" > Is your CGI running inside a chroot jail? Do you have "r-x" permission on all components of the path above the directory that contains the repository? What is the output of "ls -ld / /root /root/fossils"? > > > Here's the exact actual installation script I tested with: > > # blank rackspace cloud server centos 5.5 > > yum install -y unzip httpd > sed -i '327 s|^ AllowOverride None$| AllowOverride All|' > /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > service httpd start > > iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT > iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT > service iptables save > > wget > http://www.fossil-scm.org/download/fossil-linux-x86-20101005035549.zip > sudo unzip -o fossil-*.zip fossil -d /usr/bin/ > > mkdir /root/fossils/ && cd /root/fossils/ > fossil new repo.fossil > chmod -R 777 /root/fossils/ > chown -Rh apache:apache /root/fossils/ > fossil user new demo demo demo -R repo.fossil > > mkdir /var/www/html/fossil/ > cat << EOF > /var/www/html/fossil/repo > #!/usr/bin/fossil > repository: /root/fossils/repo.fossil > EOF > cat << EOF > /var/www/html/fossil/.htaccess > Options +ExecCGI > SetHandler cgi-script > EOF > chmod 755 /var/www/html/fossil/repo > > # http://repos.example.com/fossil/repo > # fossil clone http://demo:d...@repos.example.com/fossil/repo repo.fossil > # >> repository does not exist or is in an unreadable directory: > /root/fossils/repo.fossil > > > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org
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