Hello Boud, the package wims_3.62-8 will be available shortly, which fixes this bug and many others.
If you are in a hurry, you can find wims_3.62-7 at an unofficial repository: deb http://debian.ofset.org etch main It appears to have a single bug, which will be fixed in the next release, but this is worked around by making a "chown -R wims:wims /var/lib/wims/public_html" and making all pending configurations after the failed installation. Best regards, Georges. Boud Roukema a écrit : > Package: wims > Version: 3.60-6 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 4.0 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686 > Locale: LANG=pl_PL.ISO-8859-2, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.ISO-8859-2 > (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) > > Versions of packages wims depends on: > ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups > ii apache 1.3.34-4.1 versatile, high-performance HTTP > s > ii chemeq 1.9 Parser for chemical formula and > eq > ii debconf [debconf-2. 1.5.11 Debian configuration management > sy > ii fortunes 1:1.99.1-3 Data files containing fortune > cook > ii gnuplot 4.0.0-5 A command-line driven > interactive > ii imagemagick 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14 Image manipulation programs > ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libgd2-xpm 2.0.33-5.2 GD Graphics Library version 2 > ii maxima 5.10.0-6 A computer algebra system -- > base > ii octave 1:2.1.73-13 GNU Octave language for > numerical > ii octave2.0 [octave] 2.0.17-9 The GNU Octave language for > numeri > ii octave2.1 [octave] 1:2.1.73-13 GNU Octave language for > numerical > ii octave2.9 [octave] 2.9.9-8etch1 GNU Octave language for > numerical > ii pari-gp 2.3.1-2 PARI/GP Computer Algebra System > bi > ii tetex-bin 3.0-30 The teTeX programs > ii tetex-extra 3.0.dfsg.3-5etch1 Additional TeX input files of > teTe > ii units-filter 2.6-1 Parser for expressions > concerning > ii wims-modules 3.60-6 modules used by the WIMS server > > Versions of packages wims recommends: > ii gap 4r4p9-1 Groups, Algorithms and > Programming > pn wims-extra <none> (no description available) > ii yacas 1.0.57-2 Computer Algebra System > > -- debconf information: > * wims/reconfigure-webserver: apache > * wims/restart-webserver: true > > > > PROBLEM: > > Installing: installing wims-3.60-6 from debian etch, on a system with > a pre-existing wims-3.58 installed by hand gave an error message > regarding the pre-existence of the wims user and something about a > wims group being needed (i didn't record the exact message). i did: > addgroup wims && adduser wims wims > > IIRC, i then did aptitude install wims again. The installation > finished without errors (after about 10-15 minutes...) > > The problem: my browser at the page http://mydomain.com/wims gave the error > message: > > WIMS panick! Unable to bring up wimslogd. > Permission denied > > Eventually (after many, many hours, including reading src/log.c and > learning about sockets) i found that by doing some chown + chmod's > this problem was solved. My guess is that www-data (the apache user) > did not have the authorisation to create files and/or directories > in wims' area. > > > SUGGESTION: > > The debian package for wims should either > > * give the sysadmin some interactive hints about the possible need to > fix things with chmod && chown (it is not enough just to say that > the group wims must be created), or > > * a comment about this could be added to README.Debian, or > > * it should redo some chmod/chown-ing in the post-installation phase > in case the installation got stopped half-way and then continued as > happened in my case. > > > DETAILS: > > > DIAGNOSTICS: > > uname -a > Linux mydomain 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Wed Oct 3 00:12:50 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > > > dpkg -l |grep wims > ii wims 3.60-6 WWW > Interactive Mathematics Server (WIMS) > ii wims-modules 3.60-6 modules > used by the WIMS server > > > As shown above, this is still using apache-1.3. > > > grep wims /var/log/dpkg.log # local times :P > > 2007-10-18 03:56:04 install wims-modules <none> 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:04 status half-installed wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:14 status unpacked wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:14 status unpacked wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:15 install wims <none> 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:15 status half-installed wims 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:19 status unpacked wims 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:19 status unpacked wims 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:21 status unpacked wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:21 status half-configured wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:56:26 status half-configured wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 03:58:43 status half-configured wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 04:01:59 status installed wims-modules 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 04:01:59 status unpacked wims 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 04:01:59 status unpacked wims 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 04:01:59 status half-configured wims 3.60-6 > 2007-10-18 04:17:25 status installed wims 3.60-6 > > > grep "www-data\|wims" /etc/passwd /etc/group > > /etc/passwd:www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh > /etc/passwd:wims:x:110:65534::/var/lib/wims:/bin/bash > /etc/group:www-data:x:33: > /etc/group:wims:x:1001:wims,www-data > > > > ls -ld <key wims files> # AFTER the problem was solved > > drwxr-xr-x 13 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 13:12 /var/lib/wims/ > drwxr-x--- 2 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 04:17 /var/lib/wims/bin/ > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 3518 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/account.sh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 4732 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/apache-config > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 1781 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/backup > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 7212 2006-12-14 16:26 /var/lib/wims/bin/ccsum > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 1552 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/classupdate > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 1392 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/dedcompile > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 7984 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/dicsort > -rw-r--r-- 1 wims wims 355 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/dircptest > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 36876 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/exostat > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-10-18 04:17 > /var/lib/wims/bin/false -> /bin/false > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 3241 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/housekeep.daily > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 4047 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/mkindex > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 1945 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/mkpopular > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 63 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/mkuserlist > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 22664 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/modind > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 6256 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/modstat > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 6230 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/modupdate > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 268 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/modupdate.auto > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 49676 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/msg2wims > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 1364 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/new-files > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 94 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/nongnu > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 63756 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/oef2wims > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 1386 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/oefcompile > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 34956 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/phtmltext > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 307 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/server-interrupt > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 118 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/server-resume > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 307 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/session-cleaner > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 512 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/srcmirror > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 735 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/tester > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2007-10-18 04:17 /var/lib/wims/bin/true > -> /bin/true > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 4156 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/update > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 2922 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/wims-deb > -rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 58188 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/wimslogd > -rwxr-xr-x 1 wims wims 725 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/bin/wrapuid > drwxr-xr-x 13 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 05:04 > /var/lib/wims/public_html/ > drwxrwxr-x 5 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 05:04 /var/lib/wims/tmp/ > drwxrwxrwx 2 wims wims 4096 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/tmp/forall > drwxrwx--- 2 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 13:09 /var/lib/wims/tmp/log > drwxrwx--- 2 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 13:09 /var/lib/wims/tmp/log/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 wims wims 4096 2006-12-14 16:26 > /var/lib/wims/tmp/sessions > -rw-r--r-- 1 wims nogroup 7352 2007-10-18 04:15 > /var/lib/wims/tmp/texgf.208gf > -rw-r--r-- 1 wims nogroup 861 2007-10-18 04:15 > /var/lib/wims/tmp/texgf.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 wims nogroup 210 2007-10-18 04:15 > /var/lib/wims/tmp/texgf.mf > -rw-r--r-- 1 wims nogroup 1040 2007-10-18 04:15 > /var/lib/wims/tmp/texgf.tfm > drwxrwx--- 7 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 13:25 /var/lib/wims/log/ > -rw-rw---- 1 wims wims 86 2007-10-18 13:25 /var/lib/wims/log/access.log > drwxrwx--- 2 wims wims 4096 2006-12-14 16:26 /var/lib/wims/log/account > drwxrwx--- 9 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 04:54 /var/lib/wims/log/classes > drwxrwx--- 4 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 04:53 /var/lib/wims/log/forums > drwxrwx--- 2 wims wims 4096 2006-12-14 16:26 /var/lib/wims/log/modules > drwxrwx--- 2 wims wims 4096 2006-12-14 16:26 /var/lib/wims/log/referer > -rw-rw---- 1 wims wims 24 2007-10-18 05:02 /var/lib/wims/log/refuse.log > -rw-rw-r-- 1 wims wims 4 2006-12-14 16:26 /var/lib/wims/log/update-version > -rw-rw---- 1 wims wims 284 2006-12-14 16:26 /var/lib/wims/log/wims.conf > drwxrwx--- 3 wims wims 4096 2007-10-18 13:30 ../sessions/ > > > COMMENT: > > The previous version of wims was installed at /var/wims/ and according > to my backups, did *not* give access to the www-data user to these > files. This made the error rather hard to find, since comparing old > and new installations didn't show any obvious access differences, and > randomly increasing access to files is something which could potentially > decrease the security of the system. This is why advice from the package > maker is needed IMHO. > > > Bon courage > boud > (utilisateur de wims depuis deux ans environ pour gerer des cours > pratiques en GNU/linux, et pour faire une verification tres minimale > du savoir cosmologique pour des etudiants de maitrise, le tout en > polonais... :P - cosmo.torun.pl/wims ) > > > -- Georges KHAZNADAR et Jocelyne FOURNIER 22 rue des mouettes, 59240 Dunkerque France. Téléphone +33 (0)3 28 29 17 70
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