Incorrect permissions for local.php

[Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz]

Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

dokuwiki:
  Installed: 0.0.20120125b-1
  Candidate: 0.0.20120125b-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.0.20120125b-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Using apache2 webserver, not lighthttpd.

apache2:
  Installed: 2.2.22-6ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.2.22-6ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.2.22-6ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Procedure for recreating bug:
- Install dokuwiki package.
- In web browser, go to localhost/dokuwiki.
- Click login, log in with admin username and password.
- Click admin button.
- Click on the "Configuration Settings" link.

Expected behavior: There should be a save button at the bottom.

Observed behavior: A blue message box appears with "The settings file can not be updated, if this is unintentional,
ensure the local settings file name and permissions are correct."

Explanation: The file /etc/dokuwiki/local.php has permissions 0664 (rw-r--r--), owner root and promary group www-data. It needs to be read by the user www-data (apache), which is impossible with the current set up.

Solution: The simplest way I was able to get this to work is by running "sudo chown www-data:root /etc/dokuwiki/local.php". Changing the permissions to give the primary group write permissions did not seem to work.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.