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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:

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

Create an account: how to get the "By email" button ?

 * MediaWiki 	1.16alpha
 * PHP 	5.2.8 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 	5.1.30-community

Hello. I do not have the "By email" button in the create account form.

In LocalSettings.php the email config looks like: $wgEnableEmail     = true; $wgEnableUserEmail = true; # UPO $wgEmergencyContact = "admin@localhost"; $wgPasswordSender = "admin@localhost"; $wgEnotifUserTalk = true; # UPO $wgEnotifWatchlist = true; # UPO $wgEmailAuthentication = true;

—almaghi 12:32, 16 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I think this feature might have been replaced by the ConfirmAccount extension. I can't remember off the top of my head.  If you think it's a bug, you should report it at bugzilla. Happy ‑ melon 12:31, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry it was my mistake because the feature is there, I was probably not registered at that moment. --almaghi 12:57, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Issues printing my wiki articles
Mediawiki, PHP, and MySQL are all latest.

When I try to print my wiki articles, the images are too big and are cut off. Is there an option somewhere to resize images when the "print this page" option is invoked? --165.86.81.20 03:43, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Restore wiki

 * MediaWiki version: i don't know (but can check it if you tell me how)
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: www.abnaale.org/wiki

My wiki was hacked (at least index page). Is there a way to restore it, if all the DB is ok.

—192.118.32.80 10:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If the database is ok, just repair the php files (probably safest to overwrite them all with fresh versions from a release or SVN), change the database password for safety, and continue as normal. Happy ‑ melon 14:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Help with wiki error Msollicito

 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

I have installed mediawiki on my brinkster.com hosted account, but every time I try to edit a page or protect a page I get the following error.. Fatal error: Call to a member function getNamespace on a non-object in C:\Sites\Single43\msollicito\webroot\wiki\includes\UserMailer.php on line 321 Any idea what setting I need to change? I tried unsetting all email options and that doesnt seem to have had any effect Mediawiki version 1.9.3 PHP version - 5.2.9-2 mySQL version 5.0.51a URL http://www.ebarster.com/wiki To edit, you have to login as me - msollicito Mish3582

—74.232.176.52 17:32, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Please fill in the MediaWiki/PHP/MySQL versions, so we know what software you're actually working with. I hope that's not your username and password there: letting anyone post things to a public site from an account that's nominally 'you' is a Bad Idea. Happy ‑ melon 17:37, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Problem with wiki installation (the php module throws exception during the installatio)

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0 / 1.15.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.10.10 (Windows XP SP2 Pro)
 * MySQL version: 5.1

I tried to install MediaWiki 1.15 on IIS with no success: The installtion just stops after it write some lines (Like Warning: $wgSecretKey key is insecure, generated with mt_rand. Consider changing it manually. etc...) (as described here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#The_install_stops_with_no_messages_or_I_get_a_blank_page.21), furthermore, after the installation stops, i needed to restart the iis otherwise the php isapi wasn't working (it returns blank pages).

After a few tries I've decided to install it on Apache 2.2 (windows xp), When i clicked install - the installtion was started (like with IIS), and when it gets to this line: "Warning: $wgSecretKey key is insecure, generated with mt_rand. Consider changing it manually." it throws exception (windows opens the Visual Studio Just in time Debugger with the following message: An unhandeled win32 exception occured in httpd.exe.

After this tries, I've downloaded MediaWiki 1.14.0, and try to install it on Apache 2.2 - still the same problem. So i've started to "debug" the config/index.php file, and start to put "exit;" in the middle of the script, and i've noticed that the line that throws the exception is : "$wgDatabase = Database::newFromParams( $wgDBserver, $db_user, $db_pass, '', 1 );" (if i put exit before this line no exception is thrown).

What can be the problem? MySQL is running and the username / password is OK.

Thanks.

—217.132.146.111 09:44, 11 July 2009 (UTC)