Hi, I came up with one solution about the problem I mailed. I downloaded latest source code http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/vinfo?name=64096c726997b1c00f4861398e49ed112afa43c2 , apply the change below and that works well. Therefore, I'll mail drh [at] sqlite org with the patch below attached.
Idea ===== Instead of checking writable permission of home directory, only if configuration file is not exist && home directory is not writable, show fatal message. Solution candidate ===== rewrite l.835-l.839 of db.c http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/artifact/514eeeeff48b8180bbfd20aceef4278e12af12c4?ln=835-839 --- src/db.c 2014-01-23 03:32:05.000000000 +0900 +++ src/db.c 2014-01-23 05:31:21.891744040 +0900 @@ -833,10 +833,12 @@ /* . filenames give some window systems problems and many apps problems */ zDbName = mprintf("%//_fossil", zHome); #else - if( file_access(zHome, W_OK) ){ + zDbName = mprintf("%s/.fossil", zHome); + if( file_size(zDbName)<1024*3 && file_access(zHome, W_OK) ){ fossil_fatal("home directory %s must be writeable", zHome); + }else if( file_access(zDbName, W_OK) ){ + fossil_fatal("configuration file %s must be writeable", zDbName); } - zDbName = mprintf("%s/.fossil", zHome); #endif if( file_size(zDbName)<1024*3 ){ db_init_database(zDbName, zConfigSchema, (char*)0); Further suggestion ===== - add documentation about making environment variable available for cgi. ``` .htaccess in the same directory as fossil cgi exists RewriteEngine On RewriteRule .* - [E=HOME:/home/yourname] ``` - add `delete .fossil (or _fossil) in your home directory` to uninstall procedure like http://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/tip/www/build.wiki Sincerely, Akihiro Kameda On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:40 PM, KAMEDA, Akihiro <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Referring http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/tip/www/selfhost.wiki, > I set up cgi page for a fossil repository. > But setting (/setup_settings) and timeline (/timeline) page returned the > error below. > > "cannot locate home directory - please set the HOME environment variable" > > So, I checked 2 things: > `echo $HOME` returned my home directory, but cgi using getenv("HOME") > returned `null`. (db.c > http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/artifact/514eeeeff48b8180bbfd20aceef4278e12af12c4uses > getenv("HOME")) > > And. I added 2 lines below to .htaccess in the same directory as fossil > cgi exists for adding the environmental variable. > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteRule .* - [E=HOME:/home/myname/fossil_setting] > > Additionally, I set the permission of that directory 777 because fossil > required writable permission. > Fortunately, this solved the problem superficially. > > However, I'm afraid that the .fossil setting is stored in $HOME directory > when I use console and > another.fossil setting is stored in the directory set above when I use CGI > UI. > That means global settings are duplicated and not shared between two > environments. > On the other hand, setting the same directory as $HOME in .htaccess and > setting permission of $HOME directory 777 is undesirable. > > I couldn't find explanation about this problem in fossil documentation. > Is there any correct way to set "HOME" environmental variable? > > Fossil version: 1.27 (Latest Stable 2013-09-11 11:43:49) > Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) > OS: Ubuntu 12.04.2 Server LTS > > Sincerely, > Akihiro Kameda >
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