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[Resolved] Problems installing MediaWiki

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Agent Isai (talkcontribs)

Hi, I was installing MediaWiki 1.23.4 for my staff wiki, and in the installation I got this error:


MediaWiki 1.23.4 installation Language Existing wiki Welcome to MediaWiki! Connect to database Upgrade existing installation Database settings Name Options Install Complete!

Restart installation Install Setting up database... A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.

Query: CREATE DATABASE `my_wiki`CHARACTER SET utf8 Function: MysqlInstaller::setupDatabase Error: 1044 Access denied for user 'u374529734_wiki'@'10.2.1.47' to database 'my_wiki' (localhost) Backtrace:

  1. 0 /home/u374529734/public_html/staff/includes/db/Database.php(1123): DatabaseBase->reportQueryError('Access denied f...', 1044, 'CREATE DATABASE...', 'MysqlInstaller:...', false)
  2. 1 /home/u374529734/public_html/staff/includes/installer/MysqlInstaller.php(496): DatabaseBase->query('CREATE DATABASE...', 'MysqlInstaller:...')
  3. 2 [internal function]: MysqlInstaller->setupDatabase(Object(MysqlInstaller))
  4. 3 /home/u374529734/public_html/staff/includes/installer/Installer.php(1536): call_user_func(Array, Object(MysqlInstaller))
  5. 4 /home/u374529734/public_html/staff/includes/installer/WebInstallerPage.php(1331): Installer->performInstallation(Array, Array)
  6. 5 /home/u374529734/public_html/staff/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php(283): WebInstaller_Install->execute()
  7. 6 /home/u374529734/public_html/staff/mw-config/index.php(63): WebInstaller->execute(Array)
  8. 7 /home/u374529734/public_html/staff/mw-config/index.php(31): wfInstallerMain()
  9. 8 {main}

Help!

Florianschmidtwelzow (talkcontribs)

Hello,

you can read the error message :)

> Access denied for user 'u374529734_wiki'@'10.2.1.47' to database 'my_wiki'

That means, that the user u374529734_wiki hasn't the right to access the database my_wiki. You have to check the rights first and retry the installation :)

AKlapper (WMF) (talkcontribs)
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