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Fedora 20 - password problem stop installation #76

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jmarcr opened this issue Jul 28, 2014 · 2 comments
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Fedora 20 - password problem stop installation #76

jmarcr opened this issue Jul 28, 2014 · 2 comments

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@jmarcr
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jmarcr commented Jul 28, 2014

I am trying to install WebWorK 3.0 on a fedora 20 station with

Apache 2.4.9-2 Perl 5.18.2 MariaDB 5.5.38-3

The installation goes well till the system try to restart Apache. At first apachectl configtest gives the following result:

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
Subroutine before redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm line 708.
Subroutine after redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm line 717.
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server is starting
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK root directory set to /opt/webwork/webwork2 in webwork2/conf/webwork.apache2-config
webwork.apache2-config: The following locations and urls are set in webwork2/conf/site.conf
webwork.apache2-config: PG root directory set to /opt/webwork/pg
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server userID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server groupID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: The webwork url on this site is http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2

I realise the site.conf use the file /opt/webwork/webwork2/confsite.conf is in perl and since I have a $ in my passord, I modify the line 153

$database_password = "with$";

to

$database_password = "with$";

Now when I run apachectl configtest I get an OK

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
Subroutine before redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm line 708.
Subroutine after redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm line 717.
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server is starting
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK root directory set to /opt/webwork/webwork2 in webwork2/conf/webwork.apache2-config
webwork.apache2-config: The following locations and urls are set in webwork2/conf/site.conf
webwork.apache2-config: PG root directory set to /opt/webwork/pg
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server userID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server groupID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: The webwork url on this site is http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2
Localize.pm: Full path for the localization directory set to |/opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Localize|
Smartmatch is experimental at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 677.
Smartmatch is experimental at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 678.
Smartmatch is experimental at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 679.
Smartmatch is experimental at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 680.
WebworkSOAP::WSDL: webwork_directory set to /opt/webwork/webwork2 via $WeBWorK::Constants::WEBWORK_DIRECTORY set in webwork.apache2-config
WebworkSOAP::WSDL: rpc_url set to http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2_rpc
WebworkWebservice: webwork_directory set to /opt/webwork/webwork2 via $WeBWorK::Constants::WEBWORK_DIRECTORY set in webwork.apache2-config
Syntax OK

When I log to http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2 I get a

Warning -- there may be something wrong with this question. Please inform your instructor including the warning messages below.

message. I am not sure if the installation was incomplete. The file webwork3.conf also has the same password but is written in YAML so I don't know if it will be affecte.

I don't mind changing the password, I just would like to know which non-alphanumeric I should avoid.

Thank

I really though I would be able to install WeBWorK in a record time.
@goehle
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goehle commented Jul 28, 2014

Unfortunately the install script can be a little fragile. Most likely
what happened is the script failed earlier on because of the $ in the
password. That failure cascaded to failures in other parts of the script.
(For example I think the permissions on your directories are not set
correctly.)

I would either run the script again with no (perl) special characters in
the password, or I would repair your existing installation by following the
install guide on the WeBWorK wiki.

Geoff.
On Jul 27, 2014 9:50 PM, "jmarcr" [email protected] wrote:

I am trying to install WebWorK 3.0 on a fedora 20 station with

Apache 2.4.9-2 Perl 5.18.2 MariaDB 5.5.38-3

The installation goes well till the system try to restart Apache. At first
apachectl configtest gives the following result:

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access
parent directories: No such file or directory
Subroutine before redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm
line 708.
Subroutine after redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm
line 717.
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server is starting
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK root directory set to
/opt/webwork/webwork2 in webwork2/conf/webwork.apache2-config
webwork.apache2-config: The following locations and urls are set in
webwork2/conf/site.conf
webwork.apache2-config: PG root directory set to /opt/webwork/pg
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server userID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server groupID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: The webwork url on this site is
http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2

I realise the site.conf use the file /opt/webwork/webwork2/confsite.conf
is in perl and since I have a $ in my passord, I modify the line 153

$database_password = "with$";

to

$database_password = "with$";

Now when I run apachectl configtest I get an OK

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access
parent directories: No such file or directory
Subroutine before redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm
line 708.
Subroutine after redefined at /opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Utils.pm
line 717.
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server is starting
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK root directory set to
/opt/webwork/webwork2 in webwork2/conf/webwork.apache2-config
webwork.apache2-config: The following locations and urls are set in
webwork2/conf/site.conf
webwork.apache2-config: PG root directory set to /opt/webwork/pg
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server userID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: WeBWorK server groupID is apache
webwork.apache2-config: The webwork url on this site is
http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2
Localize.pm: Full path for the localization directory set to
|/opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/Localize|
Smartmatch is experimental at
/opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 677.
Smartmatch is experimental at
/opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 678.
Smartmatch is experimental at
/opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 679.
Smartmatch is experimental at
/opt/webwork/webwork2/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm line 680.
WebworkSOAP::WSDL: webwork_directory set to /opt/webwork/webwork2 via
$WeBWorK::Constants::WEBWORK_DIRECTORY set in webwork.apache2-config
WebworkSOAP::WSDL: rpc_url set to http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2_rpc
WebworkWebservice: webwork_directory set to /opt/webwork/webwork2 via
$WeBWorK::Constants::WEBWORK_DIRECTORY set in webwork.apache2-config
Syntax OK

When I log to http://173.34.249.131:8080/webwork2 I get a

Warning -- there may be something wrong with this question. Please inform
your instructor including the warning messages below.

message. I am not sure if the installation was incomplete. The file
webwork3.conf also has the same password but is written in YAML so I don't
know if it will be affecte.

I don't mind changing the password, I just would like to know which
non-alphanumeric I should avoid.

Thank

I really though I would be able to install WeBWorK in a record time.

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@aubreyja
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The error

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory

seems to me to be a permissions problem. I think that escaping the $ probably fixes the password issue. Do you have the webwork_install.log?

Jason

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