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Suppose the installation is made to the directory c:\projects\flexwiki and the sub directory .\WikiBases has the permissions of the user the web site runs under. Does the user need read/write/execute/delete/modify permissions on the whole path c:\projects\flexwiki\wikibases or only .\wikibases? Currently I'm getting an "You do not have permission to change this topic." on my topics and the ConfigurationChecker says "Namespace (ProjectXY) not writable.", "System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path "C:\projects\flexwiki\WikiBases\ProjectXY\testFile.txt" is denied.".

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How do I install FlexWiki w/o a virtual directory? In other words, I want the root to be: http://www.mywikidomain.com/ instead of: http://www.mywikidomain.com/wiki -- MikeSchinkel [2004-07-06]

Answer 1

Two options: 1. Set the Home Directory of the Default Web Site for that domain to be the location of your FlexWiki folder. 2. Create a new Web Site in IIS Manager for your domain and set it's Home Directory to the location of your FlexWiki folder.

Answer 2

Copy the contents of the FlexWiki folder into the base folder of the IIS web site you set up. That's all I did and it worked fine.

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is there any downloadable version on how to install wiki....??? -- MAndar

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Why do the instructions suggest using a virtual directory anyway? Just curious. -- Anon [2004-12-17]

1. --IIS 5.x or PWS on XP, 2000, etc This won't work.-- Yes it does. See above. -- DerekLakin [2004-Oct-20] Actually this originally recommended using headers. Host headers don't work in PWS.
2. If you're stuck with out a server version of windows, you can try downloading Apache http://httpd.apache.org/ and mono (for .NET) http://www.mono-project.com/about/index.html However, I don't know if anyone has tried this.
3. IIS 6 on windows 2003 Server see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;324287
4. IIS 5 on windows 2000 Server see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308163
5. It's important to add a A record to your DNS, or alternatively add an entry to your host file before expecting the above to work. This A Record has the same IP Address as the host you're creating the site on.
6. For Apache, you can use http://www.apacheweek.com/features/vhost or http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Apache/Configuring-and-Using-Virtual-Hosts-in-Apache/

You probably want non-ip based virtual host (which means you don't assign two unique ip address). As above you add an A record associated with www.mywikidomain.com, but the IP address is the same as your existing site.

1. For Apache on windows, it's really the same but you can look at http://www.apptools.com/phptools/virtualhost.php
2. -- WayneDawson [2004-07-23]

• Also, is it possible to get rid of Default.aspx in the urls? i.e.

 http://www.mywikidomain.com/Namespace.Topic

• instead of:

 http://www.mywikidomain.com/default.aspx/Namespace.Topic

• -- MikeSchinkel [2004-07-06]
• This should be possible using http://www.isapirewrite.com. I haven't tried it yet though. -- Craig Ogg [2005-05-04]
• Update: Tried it unsuccessfully (can get it to work for first reference, but as soon as you click on a topic it will be added back). The best I can do is use a rewrite rule to cause http://www.mywikidomain.com/ to be redirected to http://www.mywikidomain.com/default.aspx/DefaultNS.HomePage so that the URIs are at least stable. -- Craig Ogg [2005-05-04]

• Anyone done an install on a webfarm, and tried to use a unc share for their content? Looking for some guidance. Platform Win 2003, iis 6 NLB nodes for front end webserver, unc share on Win 2003 HA cluster. -- WayneDawson [2004-07-11]

After unpacking downloaded .zip-file, I had a root directory flexwiki with two sub-folders bin and web. To make it work, I had to(?) move content of web-folder to flexwiki root. -- RuneC [2004-10-29]

I think I had the same problem as RuneC. My zip unpacked the same way. I could make FlexWiki work by navigating to http://localhost/FlexWiki/Web or I could move the files and folders in Web up one level to the FlexWiki folder and navigate to the site by the path higher in this page http://localhost/FlexWiki. I chose to move the files. Is this page wrong, am I wrong, or is this one of the things that doesn't matter? BWheeler[2004-12-8]

Under FlexWikiCore-1.8.1613.0-web-full-Release I did not see this file structure (bin and web). Very novice MS server admin so I may sound off... (Windows Server 2003 v. 5.2). The install instructions (above #7) said one needs to have ASPNET and NETWORK SERVICE able to modify the site root. I don't have an ASPNET user but when NETWORK SERVICE was given modify access localhost/FlexWiki works. Jeff Kasten [2004-12-17] Update, with IIS 6.0 ASP.NET runs via the NETWORK SERVICE account, 5.0 ASPNET. Jeff

It is mentioned elsewhere, but the zip files that contain the web folder are source distributions. The ones that do not contain the web folder are binary distributions. If you are on IIS 5.0, you will set access control for <local machine>\ASPNET; if you are on IIS 6.0, you will need to set access control for <local machine>\NETWORK SERVICE. - JefNewsom

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Step 7 - my machine is installed within a network I am logged into. Hence, I can't create an ASPNET account. Is it possible to hand permissions without registering to the network's directory? Thanks, Avi

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The ASPNET Account is a local account, you don't need to use domain accounts unless you need IIS to access network resources. See note ¹ above

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Step 7 - it doesn't mention specifically which folder to give permission to. It certainly doesn't mean the root of the installation? JihoHan

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Yes, it says to give permission to the WikiBases folder. That is the correct folder name.

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Step 8 - Any chance a MSI can be built to make installation easier... KeniBarwick

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I'd like to install this to a shared server using MSSQL Server. Is it possible to put this on a shared server? If so, how?

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I looked at SourceForge and found that there were four files. src, tools, full, and update. Which one do I use (noob) and install? And how do I specifically connect it to a SQL Server db?

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src = Source (don't need unless you are developing), tools = Tools (not necessary for a running wiki), full = Binaries (AHA! This will get you going), update = Update (If you are running a flexwiki already and want to update to this version, this dl is for you)

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Can I install FlexWiki on a server running Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)?

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Yes you can - see InstallingFlexWikiWithWSS - DarenMay

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I get a Debugging is not supported under current trust level settings when I try to run FlexWiki on a server with WSS installed - what do I do?

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SharePoint has locked down the default privileges granted applications. In order to fix this, see InstallingFlexWikiWithWSS - DarenMay

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I get a Object reference not set to an instance of an object. when I try to run FlexWiki on a server with WSS installed - what do I do?

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SharePoint has locked down the default privileges granted applications and is preventing FlexWiki from having access to the Session State - see InstallingFlexWikiWithWSS - DarenMay

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