My todo list is getting long today. Can you please open a googlecode issue?
On Jan 25, 9:28 pm, Ed Greenberg <greenberg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a new centos installation. I followed the script > athttp://web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/98. When I use the new > application wizard, I get the same traceback that others have > posted: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/opt/web-apps/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 188, in > restricted > exec ccode in environment > File "/opt/web-apps/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/ > wizard.py", line 572, in <module> > File "/opt/web-apps/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 95, in <lambda> > self._caller = lambda f: f() > File "/opt/web-apps/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/ > wizard.py", line 200, in step6 > create(form.vars) > File "/opt/web-apps/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/ > wizard.py", line 489, in create > file=open(meta,'wb') > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/opt/web-apps/web2py/ > applications/admin/../xxx/wizard.metadata' > > When I use the "New Simple Application" part of the admin page, all I > get is a "Flash" that says, "unable to create application <appname>" > > I've poked around in the code, and I believe that the problem takes > place a few lines BEFORE the offending line 489, as follows: > > On line 485, we find > "app_create(app,request,force=True,key=params['security_key'])" > > App_create, which is defined in gluon/admin.py, needs to create the > directory in applications to hold the app. This function returns True > or False, but line 485 does not check the return value. > > My first thought was that the os.mkpath in app_create was failing. I > still believe this, since the directory is not being created. > > I checked the permissions. The applications directory is owned by > 'apache'. The web server is running as apache. Even WSGI is set to > run as apache. So how can os.mkdir(path) fail? > > No errors are generated in the web server's error log for this, and > the only clue I have is the traceback when using the wizard. > > Any help appreciated.
