[rancid] CVSWeb issues

[Delmiro Campelo]

Hello guys,

I'm writing to see if anyone has run into this issue before or if you have
a suggestion about other tools that would allow via web interface to browse
the CVS repository for rancid. Thanks for any input or suggestions you can
provide.

Thus far i'm trying to get CVSWeb working with rancid 3.2 but i'm running
into the following error. I'm using the article linked below as a guide
(Step 7).
http://www.richardyau.com/?p=11

ERROR:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator at ***@localhost to inform them of
the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before
this error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.


/usr/local/etc/cvsweb/cvsweb.conf
@CVSrepositories = (
'local' => ['Local Repository', '/var/cvs'],
'rancid' => ['Rancid Backups', '/usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/'],
# 'freebsd' => ['FreeBSD', '/var/ncvs'],
# 'openbsd' => ['OpenBSD', '/var/ncvs'],
# 'netbsd' => ['NetBSD', '/var/ncvs'],
# 'ruby' => ['Ruby', '/var/anoncvs/ruby'],
);

/var/log/httpd/error_log
[Mon Jun 08 15:22:52.594458 2015] [mime_magic:error] [pid 2320] [client
172.21.14.23:51954] AH01512: mod_mime_magic: can't read
`/var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi'
[Mon Jun 08 15:22:52.596461 2015] [cgi:error] [pid 2320] [client
172.21.14.23:51954] AH01215: (13)Permission denied: exec of
'/var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi' failed

[***@vm-rancid tmp]# id apache
uid=48(apache) gid=48(apache) groups=48(apache),1001(netadm)
[***@vm-rancid tmp]# id rancid
uid=1001(rancid) gid=1001(netadm) groups=1001(netadm),48(apache)

[***@vm-rancid tmp]# ls -l /var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 126583 Sep 25 2005 /var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi

Thanks,
Delmiro

[Jethro R Binks]

Check the path to your perl binary at the top of
/var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi is correct.

Try changing to your web server user (apache) and just run the script from
the command line and see if it outputs lots of HTML.

Check the perms on the /var/www/cgi-bin path are at least executable to
the web server user (or 'other').

Post by Delmiro Campelo
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 126583 Sep 25 2005 /var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi

Having write permissions to anyone other than the owner is probably not a
good idea. Maybe: chmod go-w /var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi

Jethro.

Post by Delmiro Campelo
Hello guys,
I'm writing to see if anyone has run into this issue before or if you have
a suggestion about other tools that would allow via web interface to browse
the CVS repository for rancid. Thanks for any input or suggestions you can
provide.
Thus far i'm trying to get CVSWeb working with rancid 3.2 but i'm running
into the following error. I'm using the article linked below as a guide
(Step 7).
http://www.richardyau.com/?p=11
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
to complete your request.
the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before
this error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
/usr/local/etc/cvsweb/cvsweb.conf
@CVSrepositories = (
'local' => ['Local Repository', '/var/cvs'],
'rancid' => ['Rancid Backups', '/usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/'],
# 'freebsd' => ['FreeBSD', '/var/ncvs'],
# 'openbsd' => ['OpenBSD', '/var/ncvs'],
# 'netbsd' => ['NetBSD', '/var/ncvs'],
# 'ruby' => ['Ruby', '/var/anoncvs/ruby'],
);
/var/log/httpd/error_log
[Mon Jun 08 15:22:52.594458 2015] [mime_magic:error] [pid 2320] [client
172.21.14.23:51954] AH01512: mod_mime_magic: can't read
`/var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi'
[Mon Jun 08 15:22:52.596461 2015] [cgi:error] [pid 2320] [client
172.21.14.23:51954] AH01215: (13)Permission denied: exec of
'/var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi' failed
uid=48(apache) gid=48(apache) groups=48(apache),1001(netadm)
uid=1001(rancid) gid=1001(netadm) groups=1001(netadm),48(apache)
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 126583 Sep 25 2005 /var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi
Thanks,
Delmiro

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Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,
Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263.