Thread:Project:Support desk/Installation. Database and user already created in cpanel. Installation cannot complete because mediawiki wants to create or grant database user privileges, and so fails./reply (5)

It's not the root user. I have the same problem.

Fresh Media Wiki 1.17.0 beta 1 installation.

DB has been created as pbgeex, DB username has been created as pbgeex with all privileges to the DB called pbgeex.

DB_Settings.png

Set the DB access settings so that mediawiki can talk to the DB.

Credentials

First go around, I'll leave it as the same account, since that's what I want to do.

Error

No Dice.

Different user

Setting the username/password to an account that already exists and has all permissions.

Error again

Similar error.

No DB Access

Erasing the first set of DB credentials generates this error, after getting it and re-filling in the credentials I'm greeted with this -

Upgrade

Obviously we aren't doing an upgrade, but this fools the installer into preforming one, and allowing us to copy the localsettings.php file and having a functioning wiki.