Not trying to hijack a thread, I am doing the same thing and having the same problems.
The sudo -u www-data python web2py.py -a "hello" step made it work for me. Prior to that I got unable to create application, unable to install application depending on what I was doing. I also had the NEWINSTALL file staying put, since the startup with python and rocket the file is gone as well. I got a ticket on a URL that normally works but it has a print statement in it (still mostly under development of application) but decided it would be good to try a deploy to apache2. I am on Ubuntu 10.04 and web2py 1.86.2. The ticket could not be wriiten Forbidden: You don't have permission to access /admin/default/ticket/ccims/ 192.168.210.5.2010-10-05.15-55-59.a121515a-afac-400a-9cf4-de1bb930b64e on this server. default doesn't exist under applications/admin, I am used to seeing these go into app_name/errors. The application is named ccims. Thanks Ron On Oct 5, 3:15 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > This is the problem. when you use the script provided web2py is > installed and configured to run with apache and mod_wsgi as used www- > data. > > If you do > > python web2py.py -a "hello" > > you run it as yourself and you do not have permisson to write on the > filesystem. > So after: > > wgethttp://web2py.googlecode.com/hg/scripts/setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh > chmod +x setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh > sudo ./setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh > > you should just use your browser (remotely) and got to > > http://<yourhostip>/ > > and or > > https://<yourhostip>/admin > > If you still have problems you may want to try > > sudo -u www-data python web2py.py -a "hello" > > Massimo > > On Oct 5, 4:36 pm, Lobo <carlosgali...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > I'm a newbie to Ubuntu/Linux, and I'm familiar (although with very > > short experience) with web2py and python; my background is Smalltalk. > > > I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid) on my local computer, and then > > proceeded to install web2py (based on web2py instructions in chapter > > 11): > > > wgethttp://web2py.googlecode.com/hg/scripts/setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh > > chmod +x setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh > > sudo ./setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh > > > I can open firefox on 'localhost', and it successfully opens web2py. > > > I can also get to the admin area when using httpS. > > > But I can NOT create new applications - I get the following error: > > > unable to create application "x" > > > I can see the following in my environment: > > > + no 'welcome.w2p' file. > > + no 'deposit' folder. > > + no 'site-packages' folder. > > + 'NEWINSTALL' file does exist, empty. > > + 'parameters_443.py' file does exist. > > > I read that executing the following helps, but no luck for me: > > > python web2py.py -a "hello" > > > I get the following error: > > > OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'deposit' > > > Can you please help me with this issue?. > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Lobo > >
