Misleading error message for missing permission

[anonymous]

For better reference, see the debian bug:

​http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=320926

[Otavio Salvador]

I puted the bug as CC

[Otavio Salvador]

Mine proposed fix is using the following patch:

Index: trac/Environment.py
===================================================================
--- trac/Environment.py	(revisão 2041)
+++ trac/Environment.py	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
         if not os.access(db_name, os.R_OK + os.W_OK) or \
                not os.access(directory, os.R_OK + os.W_OK):
             raise EnvironmentError, \
-                  'The web server user requires read _and_ write permission\n' \
-                  'to the database %s and the directory this file is located in.' % db_name
+                  'The user requires read _and_ write permission to the database\n' \
+                  '%s and the directory this file is located in.' % db_name
         return sqlite.connect(os.path.join(self.path, db_str[7:]),
                               timeout=10000)

[Mark Rowe]

It would be better if the error message said which user requires read and write access, rather than stating that the user does.

[Christopher Lenz]

Fixed in [2052].