Ubuntu
mediawiki1.7 package

403 Forbidden after install

Bug #125794 reported by Francois Schoubben
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mediawiki1.7 (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mediawiki1.7

After installing the version 1.7.1-9, i went to localhost/mediawiki, completed the forms and then, i had a "403 Forbidden" message. The /var/lib/mediawiki1.7/ access permisson were 640. I did a "chmod +x" and the site works well. But i'm not sure it's perfect thinking of security...

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

What user owns the files?

Changed in mediawiki1.7:
status: New → Incomplete
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Francois Schoubben (fsc) wrote :

It's root - root who owns the files. I suppose it might be www-data, no ?

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Right, you want the files to have the least priviledges possible. Check the mediawiki documenation to see if it says who should own the files and what the permissions should be.

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Francois Schoubben (fsc) wrote :

According to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation#Troubleshooting owner should be apache-apache (i suppose it's www-data on Ubuntu/Debian) and rights should be 755

Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
Changed in mediawiki1.7:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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