Default installation does not work (Apache 2.4 problem)

[Thomas Dreibholz]

The default installation of Mediawiki under Ubuntu 13.10 has an issue with the apache.conf. When trying to access the wiki, Apache reports "AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/lib/mediawiki/" in the error log.

The Debian bug #723620 fixes the issue in 1:1.19.8+dfsg-2. This fix also has to be included in Ubuntu.

What the fix does is to set /etc/mediawiki/apache.conf to grant access to "/var/lib/mediawiki/" with "Require all granted":

<Directory /var/lib/mediawiki/>
        Options +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: mediawiki (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 19 16:09:08 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-14 (96 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: mediawiki
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-18 (32 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 13.10 reached EOL in 2014.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

This bug should be fixed in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.