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.

I am installing mediawiki 1.17 beta.

I have created the database, and database user (and assigned to database with full permissions) in cpanel.

Media wiki installation wants to create the user, or add privileges itself. It fails because the user already exists and mediawiki can't have permission to create or grant the user privileges.

However if I try to let media wiki create the user somehow, by using an existing user for during installation and let media wiki create a new user for webaccess (for after installation). Then the installation tells to me that it fails because the installation user (my cpanel account on shared hosting) does not have root permissions to create or give permissions to a new user.

I could install media wiki if only the step about creating or granting privileges to a new user is able to be skipped. So that I can install with the user already created in cpanel beforehand.

Is there a way to skip the step of mediawiki trying to create or grant database user privileges. When I have already created the database and user before installation?

If i can't remove this step. Then I can't install media wiki.

Also I have looked on google for this issue, and it seems to have been existing for several years with other people asking for the same help.

When I asked my host. They told me I can't have root access to mysql (which is shared I guess) for security reasons. And asked me why does media wiki needs root access when other scripts do not? And told me to ask you if there is a way to install without root access. With a normal pre - created user, as normal with cms, forums, and other scripts.

Please help.

Thank you.

dave