[Pmwiki-users] Cannot acquire lockfile
Tom Cato Amundsen
tca
Thu Dec 2 04:57:40 CST 2004
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:37:29AM -0700, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> Which version of PmWiki?
>
> Try deleting the wiki.d directory, and instead of using 2777 permissions
> try 777 permissions instead and see if that solves the problem
> (it probably will).
>
> What's the hosting service being used? I'm looking for a site that
> has safe_mode turned on and where I can test/improve PmWiki 2's installation
> procedure.
>
On surftown.nu when it was not possible to set 2777 permissions, it used
777 and created wiki.d manually so it was owned by me and not httpd.
This did the trick.
> Pm
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 08:56:45PM +1300, Simon wrote:
> > I have installed PmWiki2 once successfully on a hosted site,
> > and was trying the second time for another site on the same host.
> > Despite following (what I think are the same steps) I get
> >
> > Warning: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 1103 is
> > not allowed to access wiki.d/.flock owned by uid 33 in
> > /home/caving/public_html/pmwiki/pmwiki.php on line 302
> >
> > Warning: fopen("wiki.d/.flock", "w") - No such file or directory in
> > /home/caving/public_html/pmwiki/pmwiki.php on line 302
> > PmWiki can't process your request
> >
> > Cannot acquire lockfile
> >
> > We are sorry for any inconvenience.
> >
> >
> > [I note that PmWiki2 seems to have list the Safe Mode and Lockfile trouble
> > shooting pages]
> >
> >
> > I have the ability to "chmod 2777 ." the pmwiki directory.
> >
> > When I delete the wiki.d directory (or do a fresh install)
> > PmWiki comes up, and the wiki.d directory is created with .flock inside it.
> > But as soom as I then try something else (eg visit recent changes or edit a
> > page)
> > all I get is the error message.
> >
> > I'd really appreciate some suggestions as to where to go next
> >
> > tia
> >
> > S
> >
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