So the issue as I see it was. Logged in as my username (andyr) on my server then: tiddlywiki testwiki --init server
generates the error: Error: Error creating directory 'testwiki' So I then used sudo to run as root: sudo tiddlywiki testwiki --init server This then works as it has the permissions it needs. Then when I run the listen: tiddlywiki testwiki --listen it doesn't have the permission to create tiddler file as testwiki folder is owned by root, so it errors with: Sync error while processing save of '$:/StoryList': Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/var/www/html/locationdata.uk/public_html/testwiki/tiddlers/$__StoryList.tid' So I manually created the tiddlers sub folder (as andyr) and re-ran: tiddlywiki testwiki --listen It works fine and save the tiddlers as it goes because tiddlywiki is running as andyr. However, when I run it with *forever *it runs as a different user and so doesn't have access to the tiddlers folder as that was set to write only for andyr. The errors are getting sent to obscure log file which I didn't find until I realised my mistake. So my personal view is that TW cant legislate for the user and permissions structure that has been set up on a particular Linux instance. However I think two things would help: * an example in the docs of using nodejs running as a service so that it is always available - for example in this thread PM2 has been suggested as a better solution than forever * a sync error visible in the TW client if the server is unable to save. This could occur for a variety of reasons - permissions (as in my case), lack of server disk space, server disk write error. Knowing that your data was unsaved you could then take action to resolve the issue after first securing your data I fully appreciate that the exact nature of "why" there was an error was my fault, but having a little fault tolerance so server disk failures are available to the client side. Andy PS I'm not running Linux as a desktop environment so I'm not sure that I3WMsi relevant or am I missing something? On Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 12:05:57 AM UTC+1, Mark S. wrote: > > If you run without "forever" does it run OK? I just launch from a command > line or an I3WM menu. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ddb9865a-3fa2-46d3-894e-af352d7c0989%40googlegroups.com.
