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Hi! Some problems configuring a fresh Mediawiki 1.16...

It seem the installer failed to create the default user or I don't find him !

As said in the docs no more AdminSettings.php, but in LocalSettings.php I don't succeed to find...

1. $wgDBadminuser -
2. $wgDBadminpassword - the password for the wgDBadminuser account.
3. $wgEnableProfileInfo

I use the data of the database as said in the docs, and I don't reach to any place... only proposes to me to create a new user...

and if I run maintenance/createAndPromote.php I reach to....

URL: http://sites.google.com/site/blockacountry/blocked Message: The page you are requesting is blocked web banner design Access to this website has been denied by the service of http://www.blockacountry.com

Created a user "admin", as with another programs... but is a regular user... how to change his name now, he is NOT the admin ?

Thanks in advance !

REduardo http://eba-stats.com/mediawiki

You can't run maintenance scripts from browser, see other alternatives at FAQ#Initial user was not created by installer or it is not an administrator.

Hi! My tech in my hosting server run for me the script... BUT NOW I reach to the regular user page... HOW to admin ? They say they run the scrip as written here:

Execute maintenance/createAndPromote.php --username <new user name> --password <password for that user> from the shell. Append --bureaucrat to command line if you want that user to become a bureaucrat, in addition to becoming an administrator.

and added bureaucrat to command line .... !

I am really LOST ! I deleted both regular users, and my tech from the server indicated how to use the "SHELL" and did:

root@vps [/home/xxxxxx/public_html/mediawiki/maintenance]# root@vps [/home/xxxxxx/public_html/mediawiki/maintenance]# php createAndPromote.php --username nnnnnn --password 123456 --bureaucrat xxxxxxxxx_wiki: Creating and promoting User:nnnnnn...done.

and again I enter as a regular user, where can I admin ?

WHERE EXACTLY to do this:

   * Execute the following SQL statement against the database:
         o INSERT INTO user_groups ( ug_user, ug_group ) VALUES ( <id>, 'bureaucrat' ), ( <id>, 'sysop' );

<id> above should be replaced with the appropriate user ID which you can see on the user's preference page

Are you sure that you do not have admin rights? If you go to Special:ListUsers does it show up in the sysop and bureaucrat group?

That's the problem, I have no Special:ListUsers option in myleft menu nor other admin options when I am logued with my and unique account..

Special:ListUsers is available to all users. Type it into your wiki's search box to get there. From there, you will be able to see what groups each user is a member of.

Note that the admin options are on the top menu and not on the left menu. If you are using the vector skin they are hidden under the arrow.

Ok! Found the Special:ListUsers but by means of the search box... no by means any admin menu. I am in the list as ‎(bureaucrat, administrator) but where is my menu ? Using the skin originally downloaded and whre is tha "arrow" ?

What kind of "admin menu" are looking for? By default, the only menu that points to Special:ListUsers is Special:SpecialPages. You can get to that page from the menu on the left, and the link to the user list is in the "Users and rights" section.

The Admin Links extension provides an easily accessible "admin links" page, and one of those links is the user list. Is that what you're looking for?

I have no any Special:ListUsers nor Special:SpecialPages on any menu on the left.... and logically no "Users and rights" section nowhere...

Special:SpecialPages is listed as "Special pages" in the "Toolbox" section of the left bar on every page.

Cheers ! Finally FOUND... but I entred to special pages, without being logged in and at the botom of the Special Pages there is the section Othre Pages and appear the Admin Links... is it not to be private ONLY to the sysop or administrator of the wiki ? Everyone can admin the mediawiki ?

Admin Links merely provides links to existing functions; it performs no actions of its own. If you try to perform an admin-only action like editing system messages without having the required rights, MediaWiki will still prevent you from doing it. Admin Links is simply a convenience tool to make things easier for the wiki's administrators.

For normal users, Special:SpecialPages is the only place they'll find a link to the page; not because it's too powerful, but simply because it's not very useful for normal users. The restricted functionality is already restricted.

Thanks a lot for your amability ! This issue was solved with your help ! Roberto

sorry for the double post...

I had this problem. See here for solution:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Setting_user_rights_in_MediaWiki Using phpMyAdmin

I have no any Special:ListUsers nor Special:SpecialPages on any menu on the left.... and logically no "Users and rights" section nowhere...