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Mediawiki Appliance Version 1.13.20 Problems
Downloaded rPath Mediawiki Appliance, Running it on VMwear PLayer but can't find the localsettings.php file to edit.

Can't find much documentation. Any help or documentation would be great!

HUGE Troubles in mediawiki 1.14.0
my bureau/admin account can not access Restricted special pages WHY?????????

MW 1.14.0 PHP Version 5.2.9 MySQL Version 5.0.67-community


 * What error message is given? Wikademia

Untitled
Hello! My name is Pilar and I'm an extranet oficer suporting now our extranet development project.One of the things we are thinking to add media wiki to our extranet as BT did. Now I couldn't find any information about whether media wiki can be implemented with a password regulated site as an extranet. Another question is can we get an media wiki expert some where to support with instalation and training us on how to manage the site? All this information here is quite heavy and difficult to understand for not developers minds.
 * MediaWiki version: media wiki
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:
 * You can post an advertisement for a MediaWiki consultant at MWusers.com. Dr. Eme

Extension Licensing Guidelines
I was wondering if there were licensing guidelines for extensions. I am combined several extensions with MediaWiki and noticed that some of the extensions have licenses that are incompatible with other extensions (e.g. Affero v.3 with a majority of extensions under GPL v.2). There are also several extensions that have no license indicated--is there a default license if you are coding for combination with MediaWiki? I was wondering if there was already guidance or if there could be some written on these topics. Thanks.

Unable to view the php created

 * MediaWiki version: 1.11.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.5
 * MySQL version: -
 * URL:

I have installed PHP and also made the necessary changes to the IIS. Still I am unable to view the .php file I created in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot folder. Everytime I try to view the file using the browse option I get an error saying I am unauthorised to view that page.

I do have administrative rights and installed it using the same.

Thanks in advance Maya

What have I do?
I had to start new MediaWiki 1.15.0rc1 Installation but received:


 * Don't forget security updates! Keep an eye on the low-traffic release announcements mailing list.


 * Checking environment...

Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.


 * PHP 5.2.6 installed
 * Found database drivers for: MySQL SQLite
 * PHP server API is apache2handler; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title)
 * Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
 * Session save path (/var/lib/php/session) appears to be valid.
 * PHP's memory_limit is 32M.
 * Couldn't find Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
 * Found GNU diff3: /usr/bin/diff3.
 * Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
 * Installation directory: /usr/local/www/name_of_site.com/www
 * Script URI path: Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions
 * Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function taint in /usr/local/www/name_of_site.com/www/config/index.php on line 1905

(republicofkanto.exofire.net/wiki) HUGE problem with 1.15.1
MediaWiki version: 1.15.1 PHP version: 5.2.10 (cgi) MySQL version: 5.0.81-community URL: http://republicofkanto.exofire.net/wiki/Main_Page

I just upgraded to 1.15.1, and now trying to access anything (including the Main Page) gives a completely blank page with only the words "Override this function."

--CJMiller 14:50, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

mySQL database username

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.9
 * MySQL version: 5.1.33

I am configuring MediaWiki, except the one part I am having problems with is when it is asking me for a database username and password and confirm password. Below that is the superuser account, which is root.

>>>''Granting user permissions... Query "GRANT DELETE,INSERT,SELECT,UPDATE,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON `wikidb`.* TO 'username'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' " failed with error code "Can't find file: 'user' (errno: 2) (localhost)".'' <<<<

But it will not let me continue the configuration unless I specify a user and password since it will not let me leave it blank.

I am installing on Windows XP, just need some help with this issue. I am not very familiar with databases, i know the root user account info, but it is asking for a username and password and confirm password.

Any help would be much appreciated.

homerm@rosedale.ca

WAMP, MediaWikie, Email

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.9 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version:  	5.1.32-community-log
 * URL: http://edrivetracking.com/w

I can't seem to connect to email no matter what i do. 90% of time i get following error.

'''Warning: require_once(Mail.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\w\includes\UserMailer.php on line 119

Fatal error: require_once [function.require]: Failed opening required 'Mail.php' (include_path='C:\wamp\www\w;C:\wamp\www\w/includes;C:\wamp\www\w/languages;.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\w\includes\UserMailer.php on line 119'''

After first time i did some research and tried the following array

$wgSMTP => array( 'host' => "mail.domain.com", 'IDHost' => "domain.com", 'port' => 25, 'auth' => false, );

I also tried with authentication

the only change i've seen is when i log with my admin account i get

Login error A password reminder has already been sent, within the last 24 hours. To prevent abuse, only one password reminder will be sent per 24 hours.

but this does not happen with any other account. all other accounts just give the first error i described.

—[mailto:jdmckinstry@edrivecreations.com[JD]] 71.41.108.57 19:52, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You need to get Mail.php from PEAR, this file is not part of MediaWiki (as described on $wgSMTP). i Alex  07:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Getting rid of most languages (in order to get a compact wiki)

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: n/a (I use SQLite instead)
 * URL: n/a

About 3/4 of MediaWiki engine code size is because of its large  folder. Is it technically possible not to install most of the languages? The reason is, when your MediaWiki weight is 10MiB instead of 40MB,


 * ... you may stay on a cheaper webhosting with 3-4 times lesser webspace


 * ... you may carry wiki+sqlite on a lesser flash disk


 * ... you may send wiki+sqlite faster through the Net

What should be done to accomplish this (other than killing the unnecessary files in  and  )? —79.143.76.66 08:19, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like some hacking and trial and error could do the job perhaps. Dr. Eme

Please Associate

 * MediaWiki version: MediaWiki, Could You Associate?
 * PHP version: MediaWiki, Wikipedia
 * MySQL version: unknown
 * URL: http://m.yahoo.com ; http://microsoft.com/net ; your http://facebook.com ...

MediaWiki, I have been asking Microsoft NET if they would work with you. They said they would think about it and try it. Yahoo is also like Facebook now, and I was thinking you could work with them. You have great work like Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL-RR, and many others. I would even enjoy working with all of you. Please think about it. Thank you, God bless you Musketeer41- Benjamin Minney

—Musketeer41 22:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Can't verify signature

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: n/a
 * MySQL version: n/a
 * URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download

I've downloaded the stable version 1.15.1, I've tried to verify the downloaded package, but the used signature is not included in the public keys.

Can anybody tell me where to download the correct public key? Or is there any problem with the package?

Thanks in advance.

Dario

—79.154.198.23 17:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Problems with config

 * MediaWiki version: 1.6.12
 * PHP version: 4.3.11
 * MySQL version: 4.1
 * URL: http://theunisphere.com/pfhwiki

I'm having trouble getting the config done for my wiki. I've got yahoo webhosting and I've uploaded the directory to my site, although 6 .htaccess and 2 .svnignore files would not transfer. Anyway, I get to the config page and fill in all details, but when I press submit it loads for a minute then opens a open/save as box for a index.php file, although the file is empty. The LocalSettings.ph file is never created and I'm clueless as to hwo to sortt the problem out as I'm completely new to php/wiki software.

Help please!

Many thanks Mark —81.156.202.84 22:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

What server variables are needed
My neywork admin needs to set server variables to allow the upload to be successful...

Trying to load to www.high12.org,

current php and all info can be seen at www.high12.org/phpinfo.php

currently receive "?"s when attempt to load php is made...admin requesting server settings needed

attempted to register for the forum but never receive conformation email...so hear i am.

What server variables are needed
My neywork admin needs to set server variables to allow the upload to be successful...

Trying to load to www.high12.org,

current php and all info can be seen at www.high12.org/phpinfo.php

currently receive "?"s when attempt to load php is made...admin requesting server settings needed

attempted to register for the forum but never receive conformation email...so hear i am.

huge size of core files after install mediawiki

 * MediaWiki version: mediawiki-1.15.1
 * PHP version: PHP 5.2.9
 * MySQL version: mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.22
 * URL: http://encyclopedia.altasjeel.com/

I have installed mediawiki and after installation I'm getting so many core files with huge size !! it's filling my account, what are those files and how stop them?

regards,

—Faisal.kuwaitnet 21:09, 22 August 2009 (UTC)