Re: [viewvc-users] viewvc-1.1.23 issue

On 12/07/2014 11:14 PM, annie wrote:
> Hi Experts,
>
> I'm a newbie and just installed the latest version 1.1.23 and having an error similar to a previous problem (http://viewvc.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4255&viewType=browseAll&dsMessageId=3054081#messagefocus)
>
> viewvc.conf
> -------------
> root_parents = /home/rancid/var/CVS : cvs
> cvs_roots = rancid: /home/rancid/var/CVS
> default_root = rancid
> svn_roots = router: /home/rancid/var/CVS
>
> Error when loding localhost/viewvc
> -----------------------------------
> An Exception Has Occurred
> Python Traceback
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.1.23/lib/viewvc.py", line 4848, in main
>     request.run_viewvc()
>   File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.1.23/lib/viewvc.py", line 402, in run_viewvc
>     self.view_func(self)
>   File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.1.23/lib/viewvc.py", line 2201, in view_roots
>     expand_root_parents(request.cfg)
>   File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.1.23/lib/viewvc.py", line 4720, in expand_root_parents
>     roots = vclib.ccvs.expand_root_parent(pp)
>   File "/usr/local/viewvc-1.1.23/lib/vclib/ccvs/__init__.py", line 32, in expand_root_parent
>     subpaths = os.listdir(parent_path)
> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/rancid/var/CVS'
>
> Tried with commenting the root_parents, successfully loading the page but no directory listing.

Doesn't this error message pretty much tell you what's wrong?  The
ViewVC process is trying to read something in /home/rancid/var/CVS, and
can't because the user as which it is running doesn't have the correct
filesystem permissions to read that directory.

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