phpmyadmin doesn't work?

[Bart Braem]

My phpmyadmin suddenly stopped working (didn't use it for a while. The
only error I get when viewing the webpage is this 403 Forbidden: "You
don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server." The
apache error_log explains:
[Sun Nov 28 16:20:05 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Symbolic link
not allowed: /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/index.php

So I check my commonapache2.conf and it does contain:
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin">
Options FollowSymlinks
</Directory>

Why doesn't it work then?

Bart

[Dirk Raeder]

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Hi Bart,

this sounds like /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin being the symlink. Try
adding the "Options FollowSymLinks"-line to your directives for
<Directory /> in your commonapache2.conf.

Dirk

Post by Bart Braem
My phpmyadmin suddenly stopped working (didn't use it for a while. The
only error I get when viewing the webpage is this 403 Forbidden: "You
don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server." The
[Sun Nov 28 16:20:05 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Symbolic link
not allowed: /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/index.php
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin">
Options FollowSymlinks
</Directory>
Why doesn't it work then?
Bart
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[Bart Braem]

Post by Dirk Raeder
this sounds like /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin being the symlink. Try
adding the "Options FollowSymLinks"-line to your directives for
<Directory /> in your commonapache2.conf.

Thanks for your reply, but it is already there:
<Directory />
Options -All -Multiviews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None

<IfModule mod_access.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

I have checked the directory structure:
# ls -l /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ | grep phpmyadmin
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 nov 27 13:31 phpmyadmin
so no symlink there, but inside:
# ls -l /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/ | grep index.php
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55 jul 27 16:14 index.php ->
/usr/share/webapps/phpmyadmin/2.5.7_p1/htdocs/index.php

And that directory 2.5.7_p1 doesn't exist, I only have 2.6.0_p3??
I have tried to unmerge phpmyadmin which went fine but the directory
/var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/ wasn't empty. Then reemerging it
gave:
* You already have something installed in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin
* Are you trying to install over the top of something I cannot upgrade?
*
* I can upgrade the contents of /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin
*

And then later on:
...

Post by Dirk Raeder

/var/db/webapps/phpmyadmin/2.6.0_p3/.keep

* vhosts USE flag not set - auto-installing using webapp-config
* This is an upgrade
* phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2 is already installed - upgrading
* Running /usr/sbin/webapp-config -U -h localhost -u root -d
/phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.6.0_p3
cp: cannot create regular file
`/var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/css/phpmyadmin.css.php': No such
file or directory

Fatal error: Fatal error - exiting
Fatal error(s) - aborting
* Removing old version phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2

--- Couldn't find phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2 to unmerge.

Post by Dirk Raeder

unmerge: No packages selected for removal.

...

Something is horribly wrong but what?

[Dirk Raeder]

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Hmm, webapp-config somehow thinks that you have phpmyadmin 2.6.0_p2
installed - this information is kept
in /var/db/webapps/phpmyadmin/2.6.0_p2/installs.
If you don't mind to re-emerge phpmyadmin again, I would suggest you do the
following:
copy your config.inc.php from /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin to
somewhere safe
emerge -C phpmyadmin
rm -rf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin
rm -rf /var/db/webapps/phpmyadmin
emerge phpmyadmin
edit phpmyadmin's config file to your needs (see the copy you made earlier)

You manually complete deleting phpmyadmin completely from your system and
re-emerge it afterwards.

Post by Dirk Raeder

Post by Dirk Raeder
this sounds like /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin being the symlink.
Try adding the "Options FollowSymLinks"-line to your directives for
<Directory /> in your commonapache2.conf.

<Directory />
Options -All -Multiviews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_access.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>
# ls -l /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ | grep phpmyadmin
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 nov 27 13:31 phpmyadmin
# ls -l /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/ | grep index.php
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55 jul 27 16:14 index.php ->
/usr/share/webapps/phpmyadmin/2.5.7_p1/htdocs/index.php
And that directory 2.5.7_p1 doesn't exist, I only have 2.6.0_p3??
I have tried to unmerge phpmyadmin which went fine but the directory
/var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/ wasn't empty. Then reemerging it
* You already have something installed
in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin
* Are you trying to install over the top of something I cannot upgrade?
*
* I can upgrade the contents of /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin
*
...

Post by Dirk Raeder

/var/db/webapps/phpmyadmin/2.6.0_p3/.keep

* vhosts USE flag not set - auto-installing using webapp-config
* This is an upgrade
* phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2 is already installed - upgrading
* Running /usr/sbin/webapp-config -U -h localhost -u root -d
/phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.6.0_p3
cp: cannot create regular file
`/var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/css/phpmyadmin.css.php': No such
file or directory
Fatal error: Fatal error - exiting
Fatal error(s) - aborting
* Removing old version phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2
--- Couldn't find phpmyadmin-2.6.0_p2 to unmerge.

Post by Dirk Raeder

unmerge: No packages selected for removal.

...
Something is horribly wrong but what?
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[Bart Braem]

Post by Dirk Raeder
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Hmm, webapp-config somehow thinks that you have phpmyadmin 2.6.0_p2
installed - this information is kept
in /var/db/webapps/phpmyadmin/2.6.0_p2/installs.
If you don't mind to re-emerge phpmyadmin again, I would suggest you do the
copy your config.inc.php from /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin to
somewhere safe
emerge -C phpmyadmin
rm -rf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin
rm -rf /var/db/webapps/phpmyadmin
emerge phpmyadmin
edit phpmyadmin's config file to your needs (see the copy you made earlier)
You manually complete deleting phpmyadmin completely from your system and
re-emerge it afterwards.

That did the job, thanks!

[Dirk Raeder]

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No problem, had similar issues with other webapps.

Post by Bart Braem

Post by Dirk Raeder
copy your config.inc.php from /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin to
somewhere safe
emerge -C phpmyadmin
rm -rf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin
rm -rf /var/db/webapps/phpmyadmin
emerge phpmyadmin
edit phpmyadmin's config file to your needs (see the copy you made earlier)

That did the job, thanks!

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