Thread:Project:Support desk/Problem installing MediaWiki/reply (5)

Hi,

I am stuck with the installation on Windows Server 2008 x64. The error I get is the following complaining about the config folder not being writable. I tried giving full access to the network service account to the config folder but still getting the same message as below. I installed it under http://localhost/mediawiki/. Any help is highly appreciated.

Thank you. --- MediaWiki 1.16.5 Installation Can't write config file, aborting In order to configure the wiki you have to make the config subdirectory writable by the web server. Once configuration is done you'll move the created LocalSettings.php to the parent directory, and for added safety you can then remove the config subdirectory entirely.

To make the directory writable on a Unix/Linux system:

cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mediawiki chmod a+w config Afterwards retry to start the setup. ---