On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 07:59:20PM -0500, James Reed wrote:
When you say "root access to the database", do you mean access to the root of the server on which the database is run or access to the root of a particular database? I have access to the root of a particular database. The database is on a separate server on a different domain from my web hosting service, but I have the database host server name and database name, which I access via a database user name and password. I have accessed and used the database via PHP MySQL calls with other software packages with that information without any problems.
MySQL's concept of users is completely separate from the underlying operating system, which tends to confuse the issue when they've got a main account called "root". :P The MySQL root user can create and delete databases, kill running queries by any user, etc.
If you've got sufficient privileges on an existing account, you don't need MySQL root to install MediaWiki.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)