From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-04-21T06:34:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting up a wiki when you don't have root

Phil Tomson wrote:
>
> I'm taking a research-oriented class (Quantum Computing) where all the
> students are supposed to find info and develop new ideas based on this
> research and then share with the rest of the class.  It's the share with
> the rest of the class part that's problematic.  I suggested that
> we set up
> a wiki - of course nobody knew what that was, but when I explained it the
> prof told me to go and set one up for the class (next time maybe I won't
> be quite so forthcoming).
>
> So the problem is, while I understand how Wikis work and I've used them
> (and I've even set them up for internal use at work) I'm not quite sure
> how I would go about setting one up so that anyone on the internet can
> use it without having root access.
>
> I want to use Instiki since it's so easy to setup, but how do I go about
> setting it up on port 80 without root access so that anyone can get at it?

You might want to try UseMod wiki (www.usemod.com), setup doesn't get much
simpler than this. Its a perl script in a single perl file that you just
drop into the cgi-bin directory. All configuration (like the name of your
wiki) is done by editing this perl file and changing a few variable settings
at the top.

In fairness, Ruby's new super-cool Instiki is even simpler, but you can't
usually count on Ruby being installed. In contrast, perl is almost always
available on the server.

Curt