[pmwiki-users] Inital start up error`

[H. Fox]

On 4/7/06, Yukon Justin TSgt 146MXS <justin.yukon at cachan.ang.af.mil> wrote:
>
> Hi im new to this wiki and php stuff but trying to learn as i go.  So i ftpd
> the wiki files to my webserver like it siad.  I gave the folder
> /pmwiki/wiki.d write access.  now when i go to
> www.californiarangers.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php
>
> i get the following error "
> Warning: fopen(wiki.d/.flock): failed to open stream: Permission denied in
> d:\inetpub\californiarangers\pmwiki\pmwiki.php on line 395
>
> PmWiki can't process your request
>
> Cannot acquire lockfile
>
> We are sorry for any inconvenience"
>
> Now i looked in the FAQ's and it listed the problem and fix.  It says to
> delete the .flock file and pmwiki will creat a new one.  the problem is that
> file doesnt exsist in that DIR.
>
> What do i do?

Double-check the permissions of wiki.d/ .  If they are 777 (presuming
you didn't use the slightly-more-secure method) then it may be an
SELinux policy that's getting in the way.

http://qdig.sourceforge.net/Support/FedoraSELinux

Hagan