Item10157: we're failing to create a htpasswd.lock file when running a read only process from the commandline

Priority:	CurrentState:	AppliesTo:	Component:	WaitingFor:
Enhancement	New	Engine		Main.SvenDowideit

cd ~/src/foswiki/core/bin
./rest /MongoDBPlugin/update updateweb=Tasks
./rest /MongoDBPlugin/update updateweb=Development
data(restplugin) $ cd ~/src/foswiki/core/bin
bin(restplugin) $ ./rest /MongoDBPlugin/update updateweb=Tasks
/home/sven/src/foswiki/core/working/htpasswd.lock open or create password lock file failed -check access rights: Permission denied at /home/sven/src/foswiki/core/lib/Foswiki/Users/HtPasswdUser.pm line 130.
Foswiki detected an internal error - please check your Foswiki logs and webserver logs for more information.

path open or create password lock file failed -check access rights: Permission deniedbin(restplugin) $ ./rest /MongoDBPlugin/update updateweb=Development


/home/sven/src/foswiki/core/working/htpasswd.lock open or create password lock file failed -check access rights: Permission denied at /home/sven/src/foswiki/core/lib/Foswiki/Users/HtPasswdUser.pm line 130.
Foswiki detected an internal error - please check your Foswiki logs and webserver logs for more information.

path open or create password lock file failed -check access rights: Permission deniedbin(restplugin) $ 

running as a user that can't access the lock file, but otherwise has suffient rights

I'm not sure why we're reading, or neading to read the password file - perhaps we can optimise a little, perhaps not.

-- SvenDowideit - 15 Dec 2010

mmm, it looks like we're making a mess of it.

if your .htpasswd file is unreadable by the user you try&fail to run a script as, foswiki crashes, and leaves behind a htpasswd.lock file made by this new user.

then, the normal .htpasswd user runs a script (presumably as the webserver) and crashes because it can't access the htpasswd.lock file.

and thus you have a dead wiki.

a little more error checking and post crash cleanup should help.

-- SvenDowideit - 16 Dec 2010