Description
After installing Apache SSL authentication MoinMoin no longer allows preview or saving of pages over a certain size. Pages over about 3700 characters cause this problem.
Steps to reproduce
Install Ubuntu server and use aptitude to install MoinMoin, Apache, and FastCGI. (All of this may not be necessary, it is just how I installed my system) MoinMoin can create, preview, and save very large pages.
- Install SSL authentication and turn off port 80. Now users with appropriate certificates installed in their browser can access wiki but others cannot. (Good for corporate wiki) Unfortunately, the page size limit appears.
Example
MoinMoinBugs/SSLPageSizeLimit/InstallingSSLAuthentication to see how I installed SSL authentication.
Component selection
It is likely that this problem is unrelated to MoinMoin, but related to some other software used. We keep the bug report in case someone else having the same problem finds it useful.
Details
MoinMoin Version |
1.5.2 |
OS and Version |
Ubuntu Server |
Python Version |
2.4.2 |
Server Setup |
Ubuntu Server/VMWare Server |
Server Details |
Apache 2.0.55 |
Language you are using the wiki in (set in the browser/UserPreferences) |
American English |
Workaround
Don't use SSL authentication.
Discussion
We upgraded Ubuntu Server to 7.04 and then used aptitude to upgrade Apache, FastCGI, and MoinMoin. So now Apache is at 2.2.3 and FastCGI is at 2.0.1 (was 1.0.7) and MoinMoin is at 1.5.3. The 3700 character limit has gone away. Unfortunately we have no idea which component was responsible.
Plan
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Status: not a MoinMoin bug, but likely a bug / limitation in one of the other softwares used