Re: [viewvc-dev] CVS with ViewVC config error

Okay got the solution.=20

The repo config goes to /etc/viewvc/viewvc.conf and not in /etc/httpd/conf.=
d/viewvc.conf

Since both the files have same name its easy to make the mistake.=20

Thanks Michael for your help


Nitin

> On Jan 14, 2015, at 3:04 PM, C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]> wrot=
e:
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> On 01/14/2015 02:34 PM, Nitin Thakur wrote:
>> Hi
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>> I installed httpd and viewvc via yum on RHEL. i updated the viewvc confi=
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>> ### viewvc sample configuration
>> #cvs_roots =3D cvs :/var/cvs/cvsroot
>> root_parents =3D /var/cvs/cvsroot : cvs
>> default_root =3D cvs
>> ScriptAlias /viewvc /var/www/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi
>> ScriptAlias /query /var/www/cgi-bin/query.cgi
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>> When I try to start the apache i get following error: -
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>> # service httpd start
>> Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 3 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/viewvc.conf:
>> Invalid command 'root_parents', perhaps misspelled or defined by a modul=
e not included in the server configuration
>>                                                           [FAILED]
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>> Any help will be appreciated.
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> Nitin,
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> The error you see is due to having viewvc.conf configuration options in
> the Apache httpd.conf.  These are two separate configuration systems for
> two separate bits of software, and live in two different distinct
> configuration files.
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> These lines:
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> ### viewvc sample configuration
> #cvs_roots =3D cvs :/var/cvs/cvsroot
> root_parents =3D /var/cvs/cvsroot : cvs
> default_root =3D cvs
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> ...belong in viewvc.conf.
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> The others (the ScriptAlias lines) are for Apache httpd, and belong in
> httpd.conf (where you already have them).
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> --=20
> C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
> CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net   <>   Enterprise Cloud Development
>

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