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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

deleteBatch.php not working right

 * MediaWiki 	1.12.0
 * PHP 	5.1.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 	5.0.22

I am using deleteBatch.php with a list of files to delete and it deletes the files or images, but the files still show up on a search. When you click on the link it shows as being deleted. I checked this with a file I deleted by hand and the deleted file did not show up on a search. Any idea how to delete mass files without them show up on a search.

--Johnp125 21:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

What is the solution for the "authentication error - check passwords" while click on "install MediaWiki"?

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.8-win32 version
 * MySQL version: 5.1.30-win32 version
 * URL: http://localhost/mediawiki-1.13.3/config/index.php

I am getting authentication error while I click on Install MediaWiki tab and it shows error (authentication error - check passwords) with the Superuser name and superuser password when the checkbox of superuser account is checked.

And when it is unchecked, it will give same error (authentication error - check passwords) for DB username and DB password.

Please suggest me, what should I do for the above problem?

—125.18.17.16 10:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Scary transclusion problem
I enabled $wgScaryTranscluding, and it works well, but if you put in it does not show the template, only the Wikipedia policy page. What do I need to do to fix this? —82.42.237.84 19:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki version: SVN build
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: localhost

Installation

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.8
 * MySQL version: 5.2
 * URL:

I've uploaded MediaWiki over my server, when I try to goto Site config page for Installation, some lines as listed below appears. What I do now, second I dont know about mySQL or PHP. I've just uploaded software files and nothing else. Please help in setting up a Wiki site using MediaWiki software. Thanks. set it to a valid path which is read/write/execute for the user your web server is running under.
 * 1) PHP 5.2.8 installed
 * 2) Found database drivers for: MySQL SQLite
 * 3) PHP server API is cgi-fcgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title)
 * 4) Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
 * 5) Warning: A value for session.save_path has not been set in PHP.ini. If the default value causes problems with saving session data,
 * 1) PHP's memory_limit is 32M.
 * 2) Couldn't find Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.

Warning: shell_exec has been disabled for security reasons in /home/tayyebo/public_html/mediawiki-1.13.3/config/index.php on line 1874

Warning: shell_exec has been disabled for security reasons in /home/tayyebo/public_html/mediawiki-1.13.3/config/index.php on line 1874
 * 1) GNU diff3 not found.
 * 2) Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
 * 3) Found GD graphics library built-in.
 * 4) Installation directory: /home/tayyebo/public_html/mediawiki-1.13.3
 * 5) Script URI path: /mediawiki-1.13.3
 * 6) Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions
 * 7) Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.

Warning: exec has been disabled for security reasons in /home/tayyebo/public_html/mediawiki-1.13.3/config/index.php on line 1965

Warning: array_map [function.array-map]: Argument #2 should be an array in /home/tayyebo/public_html/mediawiki-1.13.3/config/index.php on line 1970

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach in /home/tayyebo/public_html/mediawiki-1.13.3/config/index.php on line 1973

Notice: Undefined variable: wikiLang in /home/tayyebo/public_html/mediawiki-1.13.3/config/index.php on line 1999 —Anonymous21 12:08, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

--> You really have to know something about MySQL, at least to setup a database for the MediaWiki.

Installing new MediaWiki with old Database
Actually my question is simple but to avoid a lot of work and errors i ask: Is it possible to install a new MediaWiki and use the old database with the old media files?

This is because my current installation (1.11) is moving to another server and it need to get an update. My thoughts were to install the latest version, copy the mediafiles to the new server, import the database to the new server, change de localsettings.php and go on with the Wiki's. So instead of updating it will be a new installation with the old content. Sypie

installation of version 1.13.3

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version:  PHP 5.2.0
 * MySQL version: 5.0
 * URL:

Hi all,

I am installing media wiki version 1.13.3 from 1.11.0, I have backed up my database and filled in the requirements for the installation used my own extensions and images folder. And also used my own AdminSettings.php and after submitting i get this error:

PHP 5.2.0-dev installed Found database drivers for: MySQL PHP server API is apache2handler; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title)

[trimmed]

Creating protected_titles table...Query "CREATE TABLE `protected_titles` (

pt_namespace int NOT NULL,

pt_title varchar(255) binary NOT NULL,

pt_user int unsigned NOT NULL,

pt_reason tinyblob,

pt_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL,

pt_expiry varbinary(14) NOT NULL default '',

pt_create_perm varbinary(60) NOT NULL,

PRIMARY KEY (pt_namespace,pt_title),

KEY pt_timestamp (pt_timestamp)

) TYPE=InnoDB

" failed with error code "CREATE command denied to user 'wiki'@'localhost' for table 'protected_titles' (localhost)".


 * Your MySQL user needs to be able to execute CREATE queries. Have your host give the user that right, or run the query manually in phpMyAdmin if it's available. —Emufarmers(T 11:38, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

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:

Untitled

 * MediaWiki version: mediawiki-1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.5
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67-community
 * URL:

I Downloaded the mediawiki, and wanted to try on another site, my gave his server and try it on, when i finished installing it seems to be some wrong this is what appears to me in the first page

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/fcfitco/public_html/wiki/includes/WebStart.php:19) in /home/fcfitco/public_html/wiki/includes/WebResponse.php on line 10

it appears a dozen times, also this one appears also

Warning: ini_get has been disabled for security reasons in /home/fcfitco/public_html/wiki/includes/WebStart.php on line 19

Warning: ini_get has been disabled for security reasons in /home/fcfitco/public_html/wiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 1984

i think this from the server, how i can solve the problem?

—JustTalking 08:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki is not likely to run properly on a server with important functions disabled. Tell the server owner that ini_get must be enabled. —Emufarmers(T 18:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Rights to read page history and differences between them

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a
 * URL:

Hi everyone,

We cannot view page history (...action=history) and differences between them (...diff=...), message: "You have not enough rights".

The "admin" account is part of the groups "sysop" and "bureaucrat". We use the GroupPermissionsManager, additionally I already added all sysop-default-rights to LocalSettings.php

Can you please tell me, which right has to be set to view the history and compare page versions?

Thank you in advance!

Kind regards

—Suesse 08:30, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

"Fatal error" after installing

 * MediaWiki version: The latest
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 4.1.25
 * URL: mikelink.org

I downloaded the files, set up the database, went through the install process (where I gave it all the info it asked for) successfully. Moved the LocalSettings.php file, too. Now, however, when I go to MikeLink.org I get an error message:

Warning: require_once(/nfs/c03/h04/mnt/48214/domains/mikelink.org/install-utils.inc) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /nfs/c03/h04/mnt/48214/domains/mikelink.org/html/index.php on line 39

Fatal error: require_once [function.require]: Failed opening required '/nfs/c03/h04/mnt/48214/domains/mikelink.org/install-utils.inc' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php-5.2.6-1/share/pear') in /nfs/c03/h04/mnt/48214/domains/mikelink.org/html/index.php on line 39

I'm not sure why it's saying this. It says that it's failing to open that file, but the file exists:

http://mikelink.org/install-utils.inc

So does index.php (and index.php5 for that matter).

I've tried every combination I can for the permissions for that file, so it's not that. Not sure what to do next at this point, and couldn't find anything on Google. Please help.

—216.185.15.13 16:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Your files are really in /nfs/c03/h04/mnt/48214/domains/mikelink.org/html/, but the script is looking in /nfs/c03/h04/mnt/48214/domains/mikelink.org/. What is $wgScriptPath set to in LocalSettings.php? —Emufarmers(T 17:22, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It was set to ="" but I just went ahead and tried changing it, with no different results. I first tried changing it to the long path you said all my files were at (surrounded by the quotes, of course). When that didn't work, I tried just making it equal "html/" and when that didn't work, I tried "/html/" with same result again. So no luck yet.


 * I also tried changing all the $IP/ to $IP/html/. That didn't work, either.


 * Anyone?

problems with install mediawiki on PHP 5.2.8?
http://wiki.it2go.be/wiki/
 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 	5.2.8
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67
 * URL:

When i want to install Mediawiki, i have to go to http://wiki.it2go.be/wiki/config/index.php to set up the wiki. When i do so, i get the message "PHP 5.2.8 installed" at checking environment. And that's all the script does...

—213.49.146.211 23:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Upgrading mw by applying patch
Hi. I'm trying to update my mediawiki installation from 1.13.3 to 1.13.4. I had downloaded mediawiki-1.13.4.patch.gz. But how can I apply many patches from this archive to my MediaWiki directory tree at one command? I think "patch" utility would be useful but I don't know how to do it fast and easy. Unfortunately any instructions for this are absent at Manual:Upgrading. Thanks. 84.204.216.36 08:30, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Migrate from TWiki to Mediawiki
We have a Twiki portal in office with many webs in it. We would like > to move the WEB specific to my project in to a separate mediawiki server at a different location.


 * Look at the Twiki page. —Emufarmers(T 21:18, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Editing Meta Keywords

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (apache)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45-log
 * URL:

My Wiki has some keywords in the meta tag. I don't remember where I set these. My wiki has expanded so I would like to edit these. Where do I find them?

—Kristofer2 17:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

install problem

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

it doesnt install all the way.

* PHP 5.2.6 installed * Found database drivers for: MySQL * PHP server API is cgi; using ugly URLs (index.php5?title=Page_Title) * Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support. * Warning: A value for session.save_path has not been set in PHP.ini. If the default value causes problems with saving session data, set it to a valid path which is read/write/execute for the user your web server is running under. * 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 ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads. * Found GD graphics library built-in. * Installation directory: /home/bernie/public_html/wiki * Script URI path: /wiki * Installing MediaWiki with php5 file extensions * Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki. *

Generating configuration file... * Database type: MySQL * Loading class: DatabaseMysql * Attempting to connect to database server as bernie_auswiki...success. * Connected to 4.1.22-standard; enabling MySQL 4.1/5.0 charset mode * Database bernie_wiki exists * Creating tables...Query "CREATE TABLE `user` ( user_id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, user_name varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default , user_real_name varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default , user_password tinyblob NOT NULL, user_newpassword tinyblob NOT NULL, user_newpass_time binary(14), user_email tinytext NOT NULL, user_options blob NOT NULL, user_touched binary(14) NOT NULL default , user_token binary(32) NOT NULL default , user_email_authenticated binary(14), user_email_token binary(32), user_email_token_expires binary(14), user_registration binary(14), user_editcount int, PRIMARY KEY user_id (user_id), UNIQUE INDEX user_name (user_name), INDEX (user_email_token) ) ENGINE=InnoDB, DEFAULT CHARSET=binary " failed with error code "Table 'user' already exists (localhost)".

maybe i need to get the mysql to setup the tables manually ? where do i get it?

—153.107.103.155 04:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Skin changes will not be displayed in my browser.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.11.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.8 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 4.1.22-log
 * URL: http://fondsresearch.fo.funpic.de/mediawiki-1.11.2/index.php/Hauptseite

I've changed the backround-image and the wiki.png-image, but I can not see changes of the page. It still looks the same as before the changes (see Image File: http://fondsresearch.fo.funpic.de/mediawiki-1.11.2/index.php/Bild:MainPage.jpg). I've deleted all temporary files in the IE Explorer (Version 7), but nothing happens. But if I watch the site with another computer, I have no problems. I can see the new Version with the new background.


 * What can I do to see the actual background in my browser? I suppose, there must be a problem in my LocalSettings.php.

--Fonds 12:36, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Blank screen when pressing "submit article"

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.4
 * PHP version: 5.2.6-0.dotdeb.1 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67-0.dotdeb.1-log
 * URL: http://www.korczak-clan.de

Dear All,

I updated my MediaWiki from version 1.6 (backward compatible) to an empty version 1.13.4 (unicode utf-8). Trying to copy/paste articles from the old version to new articles in teh new version I mostoften get a blank/white screen when submitting the article. Returing to main page the new article was neither submittet nor visible in special:allpages.

Some articles pass copy/paste/submitting and are stored as usual (even long articles containing special characters from slavic languages).

—195.127.188.198 09:08, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

After Installatin the Editor Icons do not show up
* MediaWiki version:1.13.3 * PHP version: 5.1.6 * MySQL version:5.0.22 * URL: http://www.elthvcc.org/gswiki

I do not see the icons (images) (for Bold, Italic, etc.) in the editor. Also, I cannot see the icons in the Help page (Image:Geographylogo.png, Image:PD-icon.svg)

Please help.

Thank you.

Abe

Hi there,

pls. check in "gswiki/skins/common/images/" if the icons are available. If not download mediawiki, unzip and copy to the before location.

--195.127.188.198 11:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Installing MediaWiki in a "live" website
I have downloaded the 1.14.0 version of mediawiki. My host server has Apache, PHP, and MySQL and have confirmed that they run on linux and will support mediawiki as long as I do all the configuring.
 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: PHP5.0
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: zamboanga.com

I am somewhat familiar with the above items but am unsure as to the behavior of mediawiki when uploaded and unzipped in my host server.

Will mediawiki delete my current home index file in the root directory when uploaded? I checked your FAQ but this question was not addressed. Does mediawiki immediately create an homepage index file in the root directory? —Maletsky 03:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki will unpack into a new directory; it will not overwrite your existing files. —Emufarmers(T 11:15, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Can't find suitable mysql db driver during mediawiki 1.13.14 install

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.4
 * PHP version: 5.1.6 (cli)
 * MySQL version:14.14 Distrib 5.1.31
 * URL: localhost

After successfully installing on my XP workstation, I tried to install on my Linux box (RedHat ES 5.2). Apache, PHP and MySQL all installed without error. I downloaded wikipedia and successfully brought up setup form in browser. When I ran setup, I got the following error.

* PHP 5.1.6 installed Could not find a suitable database driver! o For MySQL, compile PHP using --with-mysql, or install the mysql.so module o For PostgreSQL, compile PHP using --with-pgsql, or install the pgsql.so module o For SQLite, compile PHP using --with-pdo_sqlite, or install the pdo_sqlite.so module o For MSSQL, compile PHP using --with-mssql not ready, or install the mssql not ready.so module

PHP installed with the RedHat ES operating system and I am unable to find mysql.so for ES 5.2. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

—Johncarlton 16:27, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Installing a second wiki

 * MediaWiki version: 1.11.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.4
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL:

I want to create another wiki alongside our current wiki but can not find a documentation on how to do that. Can you please provide a link or advice.

thanks

bobj

It's OK I finally found the page on the MediaWiki site Wiki_family

—203.10.55.11 04:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Problem When I Click the "set up the wiki".

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: Free host - cannot find version number
 * MySQL version: Free host - cannot find version number
 * URL: blizzcraft.l4rge.com/wiki

This is probabaly a proplem with the host and not your program, but I cannot figure out what to do. Whenever I click the "set up the wiki" button, I get this error:

Warning: require_once [function.require-once]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/l4rge/public_html/l4rge.com/b/l/i/blizzcraft/wiki/install-utils.inc) is not within the allowed path(s): (/firewall:/tmp:.) in /home/l4rge/public_html/l4rge.com/b/l/i/blizzcraft/wiki/config/index.php on line 39

Warning: require_once(/home/l4rge/public_html/l4rge.com/b/l/i/blizzcraft/wiki/install-utils.inc) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/l4rge/public_html/l4rge.com/b/l/i/blizzcraft/wiki/config/index.php on line 39

Fatal error: require_once [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/l4rge/public_html/l4rge.com/b/l/i/blizzcraft/wiki/install-utils.inc' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/firewall') in /home/l4rge/public_html/l4rge.com/b/l/i/blizzcraft/wiki/config/index.php on line 39

Thanks.

—99.236.138.72 02:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It's a problem with your host, yes. Unless you can get them to uncripple PHP, you will not be able to run MediaWiki. —Emufarmers(T 17:14, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Linux

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

Just to double-check, if I use GoDaddy to host my wiki, will MediaWIki work? The "GoDaddy Hosting Connection" preview says that it is Linux-only. So, GoDaddy needs to be Linux, not me, right? Thanks, Genius101 22:42, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

installation on red hat enterprise
In your site, in the part of installation, I've found a link for red hat enterprise, after I've selected red hat enterpise link, I've read about red hat 7.3, 9.0 and fedora, is there some information about red hat enterprise intallation or this release is not supported for mediawiki? Thanks in advanced
 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

—88.61.38.67 14:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Installation of MediaWiki on Mac OS X 10.5 using MAMP

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: in MAMP 1.7.2
 * URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Mac_OS_X

This is not a question, but a solution on installation help http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Mac_OS_X

MAC OS X 10.5.6:

I downloaded MediaWiki 1.14.0 and MAMP 1.7.2. Installation steps are following:

1. drag and drop MAMP to the application folder (no subfolder)

2. switch on Websharing in system settings

3. Follow the information in "Web-based setup" of ttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Mac_OS_X with following differences

a) rename "mediawiki-1.14.0" to "mediawiki"

b) put the folder into subfolder "htdocs" in "MAMP"

c) start MAMP

d) "start homepage", choose "phpMyAdmin", create new database with the name you use later and create new user with the name you use later and grant all rights

e) change in preferences in window "URL of homepage" "/MAMP" to "/mediawiki"

f) open with "start homepage"

4. proceed with "Web-based setup"

The text of buttons may vary as I used the German version and translated the button texts.

Hope this text helps. And I hope it finds it way as I am a complete newb to wiki-administration but I shall organise one for our workgroup.

—137.248.161.200 16:08, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

language.php error notices during installation

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL: http://saap-test.unm.edu/wiki

hi, trying to install mediawiki, but i keep getting a list of language.php notices that prevents the install from finishing. I've attached what I'm getting below:

MediaWiki 1.14.0 Installation

* 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 PostgreSQL * PHP server API is apache2handler; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title) * Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support. * Warning: A value for session.save_path has not been set in PHP.ini. If the default value causes problems with saving session data, set it to a valid path which is read/write/execute for the user your web server is running under. * PHP's memory_limit is 128M. * 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: /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki * Script URI path: /wiki * Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions * Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki. *

Generating configuration file... * Database type: MySQL * Loading class: DatabaseMysql * Attempting to connect to database server as saap...success. * Connected to mysql 5.0.45-log * Database saap_wiki exists * Creating tables... done. * Initializing statistics...

Notice: Undefined index: namespaceNames in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2425

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2428

Notice: Undefined index: mathNames in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: bookstoreList in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: magicWords in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: messages in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: rtl in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: digitTransformTable in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: separatorTransformTable in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: fallback8bitEncoding in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: linkPrefixExtension in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: defaultUserOptionOverrides in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: linkTrail in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: namespaceAliases in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: dateFormats in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: datePreferences in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: datePreferenceMigrationMap in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: defaultDateFormat in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: extraUserToggles in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined index: imageFiles in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2528

Notice: Undefined offset: 5 in /nfs/user/s/saap/Sites/saap.unm.edu/wiki/languages/Language.php on line 2551

—68.35.75.95 17:53, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Configuration/Installation Error
I tried installing the MediaWiki on my server, but I receive the following error messages:
 * MediaWiki version: 1.6.12
 * PHP version: 4.4.9
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67
 * URL: http://www.calebwilliamsphotography.com/auggiewrestlingwiki/config/index.php

Warning: main(convertLinks.inc) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/2/d276811108/htdocs/auggiewrestlingwiki/maintenance/updaters.inc on line 9

Fatal error: main [function.require]: Failed opening required 'convertLinks.inc' (include_path='.:/homepages/2/d276811108/htdocs/auggiewrestlingwiki:/homepages/2/d276811108/htdocs/auggiewrestlingwiki/includes:/homepages/2/d276811108/htdocs/auggiewrestlingwiki/languages') in /homepages/2/d276811108/htdocs/auggiewrestlingwiki/maintenance/updaters.inc on line 9

—Calebrw 04:14, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Does the file /homepages/2/d276811108/htdocs/auggiewrestlingwiki/maintenance/convertLinks.inc exist? —Emufarmers(T 00:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * No it does not. The file you referred to is not in the package I downloaded. Calebrw 00:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Get the package again, then. —Emufarmers(T 01:00, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Apache port is not 80
Hi, guys. My Apache is running on another port, e.g. 81. So I can reach my wiki through http://ip.ad.dr.ess:81/wiki. But I want access it by domain name. Let it be www.mywiki.ru. Again, when I try http://www.mywiki.ru:81 everything works just fine. But how can I instruct DNS-server to hide port number? There is a "web-hop" on everydns.net for example, which forwards www.mywiki.ru directly to http://ip.ad.dr.ess:81/wiki but there is full ip with port number in address and all links. When I change wgserver nothing happens (url and port number are in address and in wiki-links). What can I do to mask my port number? Thanks.


 * This is unrelated to MediaWiki; you can ask EveryDNS, but what you're asking for is probably impossible. —Emufarmers(T 01:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

After moving the LocalSettings.php file, hitting the url http://localhost/mediawiki-1.14.0/index.php I get "Please setup the wiki first" message again
Running Solaris 10, latest recommended patches, using webstack (formerly coolstack from sun). I untarr'ed the mediawiki-1.14.0 tarball under my parent directory of /var/opt/webstack/apache2/2.2/htdocs/. It created the mediawiki-1.14.0 directory under there. chmod'ed the config directory, went to the url http://localhost/mediawiki-1.14.0, it had NO errors, I moved the config/LocalSettings.php file to /var/opt/webstack/apache2/2.2/htdocs/ and hit the above url again, it repeats the message "Please Setup The Wiki First.". I just did that...no errors in my errors_log for apache either. it's like it's going in a circle and I have no idea how to get past it. I would like to get this running soon. Thanks!
 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0
 * URL:

—Rmarquez 23:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


 * If MediaWiki is in /var/opt/webstack/apache2/2.2/htdocs/mediawiki-1.14.0, then that's where LocalSettings.php should go. —Emufarmers(T 01:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

LDAP Authetication Problems

 * MediaWiki version: 1.12.0
 * PHP version: 5.1.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.22
 * URL: Intranet only

For some WIKIs that are running in our Intranet, I need to authenticate our users using LDAP and the following two WIKI groups: Readers (testgroup) and Writers (testgroup2). Anonymous should not be able to read the WIKI pages.

my problem is, that using the syntax:

$wgLDAPRequiredGroups = array(

"testLDAPdomain"=>array(   "cn=testgroup,ou=groups,dc=LDAP,dc=example,dc=com",    "cn=testgroup2,ou=groups,dc=LDAP,dc=example,dc=com"    ), I cannot define different rights for users in the testgroup than the users in the testgroup2 have. This mean, if a user is in one of each two groups, he will always get the Writers access.

Can you please explain how I can define two groups, with different rights (Readers & Writers)?

—80.254.163.214 15:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Fatal error: Class 'ArrayIterator' not found in....

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.0
 * MySQL version: 4.1.22
 * URL: http://www.jamesrregan.com/solitude/index.php?title=Main_Page

Fatal error: Class 'ArrayIterator' not found in /home/u4/moonman/html/solitude/includes/StringUtils.php on line 179

—96.249.206.61 18:37, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ArrayIterator is part of the Standard PHP Library, so you need to have PHP compiled without --disable-spl. i Alex  22:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Using existing database

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: PHP 5.2.9-1
 * MySQL version:

Is it possible to use an existing database on MediaWiki? I have another application that uses a MySQL database and I'd like to know if I can use the users that are already in it in the wiki.

—Vinibravo 01:48, 11 March 2009 (UTC) Vinicios Bravo


 * MediaWiki 	1.14.0
 * PHP 	5.2.9 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 	5.0.67-community
 * URL: http://216.14.114.163/~mcyclope/wiki/index.php/Portal:Cultural_Geography_%26_People_Groups

We are installing and configuring a new wiki installation (after transfering a former database that we used on a different server. We have not gotten this error before.  There are four lines of "Documentation" with the following statement following each:

!-- Add categories and interwikis to the /doc subpage, not here! -- /noinclude (portal title here) span style=font-weight:bold;nbsp;·/span noinclude

Any suggestion on how to fix this?

—Drmissio 23:29, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Drmissio

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.

The installation script claims that I have an old version of PostgreSQL

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.9-1
 * PostgreSQL version: 8.2.13 and 8.3.7 (same problem with both)
 * HTTP server: Apache 2.2.11
 * OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP2, Swedish

The installation script aborts every time with this error message:

Checking the version of Postgres...FAILED. Required version is 8.1. You have 7.3 or earlier

I was using version 8.3.7 of PostgreSQL the first time I tried. I had no problems with version 8.2.5 on my laptop, so I decided to downgrade, but I didn't find 8.2.5 at postgresql.net, so I downgraded to 8.2.13. And of course I got the same error message. A Google search for "checking the version of postgres" (with the quotation marks) shows that several people have run into the same problem on Linux systems. Is there a bug in the installation script?

—83.250.175.16 12:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I said that I had no problems on my laptop, but I should also have mentioned that I ran MediaWiki 1.9.3 on that (with PHP 5.2.5 and PostgreSQL 8.2.5).

--83.250.175.16 13:15, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I tried MediaWiki 1.13.5 instead, and got a few steps further.

Warning: pg_query [function.pg-query]: Query failed: ERROR: permission denied for relation pg_ts_cfg in C:\Program\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\wiki\includes\db\DatabasePostgres.php on line 576 FAILED. Please make sure that the locale in pg_ts_cfg for "default" is set to "English_United States.1252"
 * Checking tsearch2 permissions...OK
 * Verifying tsearch2 locale with English_United States.1252...not found
 * Attempting to set default tsearch2 locale to "English_United States.1252"...

--83.250.175.16 17:09, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I gave up eventually and used MySQL instead. I didn't have any significant problems after that.

--83.250.175.16 23:25, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I also had the problem while installing MediaWiki 1.14.0 that the script failed with Checking the version of Postgres...FAILED. Required version is 8.1. You have 7.3 or earlier I could solve the problem by editing, changing code all all ident sameuser to code all all md5 and then manually creating the DB user and the DB table.

--41.145.90.167 00:09, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

And under Windows ?

i have the same problem((( what to do??? it doesnt work under windows(((

Under Window$ you can follow the solution posted here. It worked 100% for me!!

Login error CIWiki uses cookies to log in users. You have cookies disabled. Please enable them and try again.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14
 * PHP version: 5.2.1
 * MySQL version: 5.0
 * URL: Private Network, it is not externally accesible.

Hi,

I just installed the latest version of Media Wiki from your website, as I thought I had a problem with the older version.

The older version would allow access to the wiki pages using hostname & IP while using Firefox. If i wanted to use IE, I would need to use only the IP address of the Wiki.

Now with the latest version of the Wiki, I have the same problem again! i.e. when I try to login using Hostname while using IE, I get the same error again:

Login error CIWiki uses cookies to log in users. You have cookies disabled. Please enable them and try again.

Even though cookies are enabled and this has been tested from various different machines.

I am running it on Server 2003 R2, all updates, with the above versions of software.

On Google I have come across a few people with the same issue, but there were no solutions provided.

Please can some one shed any light on this?

many thanks. impee.

—82.44.93.236 08:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

GNU diff3 not found (Debian Etch)

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: PHP 5.2.0-8+etch13
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32 (Ver 14.12, GNU Linux)
 * URL: intranet

The MediaWiki 1.14.0 Installation installation page returns the following errors on a GNU Linux system (Debian Etch) running Plesk 8.6. The wiki is located in an accessible subdomain: http://wiki.domain


 * Warning: is_dir [function.is-dir]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/lib/php5) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/domain/subdomains/wiki/httpdocs:/tmp) in /var/www/vhosts/domain/subdomains/wiki/httpdocs/config/index.php on line 441
 * Warning: Your session.save_path value (/var/lib/php5) appears to be invalid or is not writable. PHP needs to be able to save data to this location for correct session operation.
 * GNU diff3 not found.
 * Script URI path: empty

If I run diff3 in a terminal the correct information is returned:

diff3 (GNU diffutils) 2.8.1 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING. Written by Randy Smith.

What's the problem with the "open_basedir restriction" and why MediaWiki couldn't find the diff3 command? Thanks in advance.

—RIMOLA 15:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Newly installed mediawiki missing standard appearance/skin. How do I get these to work?

 * MediaWiki: 1.10.4
 * PHP: 5.2.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45
 * URL: http://lettvin.net/wiki

I have installed mediawiki before, on ubuntu, without this problem.

I am new to my godaddy virtual private server running RedHat Fedora core.

See http://lettvin.net/wiki/index.php/Godaddy for installation details.

As you will see, mediawiki seems to have lost its skin and organization.

What needs to be done to restore a skin and page organization?

—24.60.117.38 22:47, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

install failed to create table but connect success

 * MediaWiki version: 1.6.12
 * PHP version: 4.3.9
 * MySQL version: Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 4.3
 * URL: intranet

Since my company already use Apache/2.0.52 set up a webserver. So what i only need to do is to build my own mysql and install mediawiki. Mysql is running now, but when i install mediawiki, run index.php, fill in everything need, then only following info displayed. Since mediawiki can connect to mysql, why it cannot create table? Does any specialist no the reason? Thanks!

Generating configuration file... * Database type: mysql * Attempting to connect to database server as hspice...success. * Connected to 4.1.20 * Database mysql exists * Creating tables... using MySQL 4 table defs...Query "CREATE TABLE `user` ( user_id int(5) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, user_name varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default , user_real_name varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default , user_password tinyblob NOT NULL default , user_newpassword tinyblob NOT NULL default , user_email tinytext NOT NULL default , user_options blob NOT NULL default , user_touched char(14) binary NOT NULL default , user_token char(32) binary NOT NULL default , user_email_authenticated CHAR(14) BINARY, user_email_token CHAR(32) BINARY, user_email_token_expires CHAR(14) BINARY, user_registration CHAR(14) BINARY, PRIMARY KEY user_id (user_id), UNIQUE INDEX user_name (user_name), INDEX (user_email_token) ) TYPE=InnoDB " failed with error code "Access denied for user 'hspice'@'%' to database 'mysql' (10.130.25.194:3306)".

—61.170.194.191 02:44, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Your database user to have the CREATE privilege for your database. If you don't want to give that privilege to the "hspice" user, you can use the superuser to handle the wiki installation (the installer has separate fields for you to enter the superuser credentials if you want to do this). —Emufarmers(T 04:52, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Install problem. Stuck on install. "Please set up wiki first" message keeps appearing

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.1.6
 * MySQL version: 5.x
 * URL: http://wiki.quattroworld.com

I followed the instructions and installed the Wiki. No problems so far!! Then it tells me to move the LocalSettings.php file to the root directory and change the name or remove the config directory. Done and done. I go to the index page hoping to see something cool and I get the "Please set up the wiki first" message!? It is not finding the LocalSettings.php file. It is there and I set chmod to 600 and tried chown several different users including root.

I am very excited to get this up and running and I can't get past this step.

Please help!

Josh@QuattroWorld.com

—71.112.47.222 22:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Also - just for clarification: I moved ALL the files out of the MediaWiki_1.14.0 folder and into the root httpdocs folder.


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

I get authenticated by typing in the right user name and password but then I get sent to the main page and it shows my IP address and still wants me to log in as if I had not.

—96.35.139.178 22:00, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Did you put LocalSettings in the root wiki directory? It should be in the same directory as index.php, api.php, etc. Happy ‑ melon 21:26, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Update.php Help

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.2
 * PHP: 5.2.3 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.41-community-nt
 * URL: localhost

I'm running MediaWiki on my laptop using LAMP. I want to upgrade from 1.11.2 to 1.14.0. I have already attempted to overwrite the old MediaWiki files with the new 1.14.0 files and MediaWiki started up fine - i.e. the main page and special pages worked fine. However, the custom content that I added - e.g. http://localhost/mywikipedia/index.php/New_Page - could not be displayed; a php-related error was shown in the MediaWiki template. Since the MediaWiki template was still working, I know that the files are still working correctly, the problem lies in the database connection. I reverted back to version 1.11.2 by replacing the files I backed up originally and all of my custom pages show up just fine. I believe my problem is not running the /maintenance/update.php script because I don't know how and don't have command line access with LAMP. Can anyone tell me how to run this update script so that an upgraded version of MediaWiki will work? Thank you!

—199.52.13.101 13:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

After clicking on "Install MediaWiki!" the page changes to "The website cannot be displayed"

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2
 * MySQL version: 5.1
 * URL:

After setting up MediaWiki, I log on to "localhost/CAI_wiki" and go to the "MediaWiki 1.14.0 Installation" page - eviroment variables seem ok...I fill out the necessary info on the page and click on the "Install MediaWiki!" button at the bottom of the page and I get a "Page cannot be displayed" browser error. I log back on to the mediawiki page and I have to repeat the process...

I checked MySql and database seems to have been created.

Any help would be appreciated.

Wayne Boyd wboyd@iglou.com —74.254.192.66 21:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Installation Problems

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.3
 * MySQL version: 5.0.41
 * URL: www.taowizard.com/wiki

Here is what I get back when I try and install:


 * PHP 5.2.1 installed
 * Found database drivers for: MySQL
 * Warning: PHP's register_globals option is enabled. Disable it if you can.
 * MediaWiki will work, but your server is more exposed to PHP-based security vulnerabilities.
 * PHP server API is cgi-fcgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title)
 * Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
 * Session save path (c:\winnt\temp\php5) appears to be valid.
 * PHP's memory_limit is 64M.
 * Couldn't find Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
 * GNU diff3 not found.
 * Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
 * Installation directory: D:\hshome\c251773\taowizard.com\wiki
 * Script URI path: /wiki
 * Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions
 * Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.
 * Warning: $wgSecretKey key is insecure, generated with mt_rand. Consider changing it manually.

Generating configuration file...


 * Database type: MySQL
 * Loading class: DatabaseMysql
 * Attempting to connect to database server as xxxxxx_wiki...success.
 * Connected to mysql 5.0.67-log; enabling MySQL 4.1/5.0 charset mode
 * Database xxxxxx_wiki exists
 * Creating tables...Query "CREATE TABLE `user` ( user_id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, user_name varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default , user_real_name varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default , user_password tinyblob NOT NULL, user_newpassword tinyblob NOT NULL, user_newpass_time binary(14), user_email tinytext NOT NULL, user_options blob NOT NULL, user_touched binary(14) NOT NULL default , user_token binary(32) NOT NULL default , user_email_authenticated binary(14), user_email_token binary(32), user_email_token_expires binary(14), user_registration binary(14), user_editcount int, PRIMARY KEY user_id (user_id), UNIQUE INDEX user_name (user_name), INDEX (user_email_token) ) ENGINE=InnoDB, DEFAULT CHARSET=binary " failed with error code "CREATE command denied to user 'xxxxxx_wiki'@'98.130.0.160' for table 'user' (mysql503.ixwebhosting.com)".

—Stigweard 01:24, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Your database user needs the appropriate rights to create new tables for the installation process. If you can't fix this yourself, talk to your host. —Emufarmers(T 10:17, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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

Un-free content on a wiki using MediaWiki
I am considering using MediaWiki for a publicly accessible, corporate web site. The content would either totally "unfree" or else licensed using Creative Commons "Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported" license with some limited reuse allowed. Does the use of MediaWiki for the site mean that my content has to be re-usable by others under the terms of GFDL?

Thanks, --A. B. 21:11, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki, the software, is entirely separate from the content you're actually building with it. Ultimately, you're creating a load of database tables into which people contribute content; MediaWiki is just the program which converts those raw tables into a pretty and human-readable format.  You're at perfect liberty to access the content any way you want, and the license of the content in those tables is entirely distinct to that of the sotware itself (and the license of MySQL, the database architecture, PHP, MW's source language, and so forth).  So you must use MediaWiki in accordance with its own license (the GPL); essentially this means you cannot create derivative works of the software without licensing them under the same free license.  So you can tweak MediaWiki for your own ends, but you can't then bundle the resulting product and sell it on (or license that software under a non-GPL license).  What you do withthe software, however, is entirely up to you.  Happy ‑ melon 21:23, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Problem with Update from 1.12.* to 1.14.0

 * Moved from Project:Forum Happy ‑ melon 21:40, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello,

I hope anyone can help me to solve my problem. I wanted to update my mediawiki from 1.12.* (I don't know the exakt version, but if it's necessery i can try to search for it) 1.14.0. First I uploaded all new files, then i created a user in adminsettings.php, then I wanted to start maintenance/update.php but there I got a 403 Erorr. I looked at the logs and they say this:

client denied by server configuration: /srv/www/htdocs/.../wiki/wiki/maintenance/update.php

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wfwaitforslaves (previously declared in /srv/www/htdocs/.../wiki/wiki/maintenance/commandLine.inc:244) in /srv/www/htdocs/.../wiki/wiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2905

What did i make wrong? I hope anyone can help me, and sorry for my bad english.

Regards,

Timo


 * This is not a place to request help with MediaWiki. “For help with the MediaWiki software see communication.”
 * Maintenance scripts like update.php are not run via HTTP, but directly in shell.
 * --Mormegil 22:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * OK. Thank you and sorry for false post.
 * Timo

Hello,

I´d like to know if there is someone in Brazil that knows how to use the Mediawiki. I need a person to teach me and give some consultancy to a company.

Thanks, Ju

Is the Wiki software allowed to be used on websites containing adult content or pornography?

 * Moved from Project:Forum Happy ‑ melon 21:42, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Here is the 1000 dollar question, is your software allowed to be used in any way shape or form by the adult industry? I feel compelled to ask because I have been a member of a few Wikis dedicated to just that and they have always ended up deleted and since the servers they were on do host adult content the reason is obviously something else entirely. so again is your software allowed to be used by the Adult industry in any way, shape or form? Yes or no? PunkMaister @ 1:08 PM
 * The MediaWiki software is released under the GNU General Purpose License, with no Warranty, Assertion of Merchantability or Assertion of Fitness for Purpose. Apart from this copyright license, there are no restrictions placed on the use of the software by its developers.  Provided that a user of the software fulfils the copyright requirements of the GPL, their use of the software is governed solely by local law.  So while the principle of using an open-editing software structure such as MediaWiki to host adult content may or may not be legal in a particular jurisdiction for a variety of reasons, there are no limitations imposed by the developers themselves on the use of MediaWiki to host any particular form of content. Happy ‑ melon 17:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Where is the License information for MediaWiki?

 * Moved from Project:Forum Happy ‑ melon 21:43, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi all,

Where is the license for MediaWiki (the software, not content of mediawiki.org) definitively posted? I can't seem to find a single, clear source. Many pages state GPL, but what version, etc.?

Thanks!
 * See Special:Version. i Alex  19:20, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Alex - that page just seems to mention the license of the installed server. I am looking for the license information for the software before I install it (and for version 1.14.0)
 * The license is the same for all versions. If you want the license for the software before installing it, open the "COPYING" file. i Alex  19:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Installation problem

 * Moved from Project:Forum Happy ‑ melon 21:45, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

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

PHP 5.2.9-2 installed Could not find a suitable database driver! For MySQL, compile PHP using --with-mysql, or install the mysql.so module For PostgreSQL, compile PHP using --with-pgsql, or install the pgsql.so module For MSSQL, compile PHP using --with-mssql not ready, or install the mssql not ready.so module

Please help!


 * It seems that there is no suitable database manager available on the system where you're trying to install MediaWiki. MW can run using MySQL, MSSQL or PostgreSQL databases, but at least one of these needs to be available. Check with your webhost/administrator (if you're on a shared server) or check the installed software if you have root access, and verify that one of these database managers is available.  MySQL is the most reliable and widely-used manager for MediaWiki. Happy ‑ melon 16:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Installation Username

 * Moved from Project:Forum Happy ‑ melon 21:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Well I'm installing mediawiki right now and I've gotten to the point where it asks for... Database Name: DB username: DB password: DB password confirm:

Superuser account: [] use super user account Superuser name: Superuser password:

I'm installing this on a web server that I am not an operator of, a company is, blah blah blah. The thing is, I was never informed of a DB username/password or Superuser name/password so I have no idea what to fill in there.

What I'd like to be able to do is people can create an account to edit and create and whatnot.

Thanks in advance!
 * You need to have a database in order to install, talk to the person responsible at the company who hosts you wiki. MiCkE 12:12, 13 May 2009 (UTC)