Manual talk:Maintenance scripts

Executing the maintenance scripts
What is meant by "filling in the required connection instructions"? Do I have to write these instructions into the "AdminSettings.php"? Sorry for asking such stupid questions. My best, --84.75.55.96 22:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * In the AdminSettings.sample, the connection information is generic. You will notice that :
 * $wgDBadminuser     = 'wikiadmin';
 * $wgDBadminpassword = 'adminpass';
 * You should simply replace the values of 'wikiadmin' and 'adminpass' with your own database username and password in your AdminSettings.php file.
 * Stéphane Thibault 05:20, 27 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks! I did that. But how do I establish a commandline connection with the database server? I am working on a Mac and our wiki is installed on server of a hosting provider. But I think I have Shell access; at least it says shell access via "/bin/false". But I really have no clue how to connect. Do I need a particular program for that? My best, --Gollum 19:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * If the shell of a user is set to "/bin/false" it is usually the technical way of saying "no shell access". A shell is a program that reads you commands and executes them, while /bin/false only does one thing: exits immediately. --Myhr 13:14, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, that does not sound too good. What can I do then? Is there another way to execute the maintenance scripts then? Is it normal to ask the provider to do so? Any other ideas? My best, --Gollum 21:35, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

How to run maintenance scripts from a Web client?
Some users I'm helping are on hosted sites and aren't able to ssh in to run command-line scripts. It would be nice if there was some guideline and/or an alternative commandLine_ALLOW_FROM_WEB.inc that permits these users to run maintenance scripts from a Web page.

Renaming .htaccess to .htaccess_DISABLED lets one view the directory, but I think the next step is disabling the Web server check in commandLine.inc and replacing its command-line parsing with query string parsing. -- Skierpage 01:34, 24 October 2007 (UTC)