I am experiencing exactly same problem as 'Shawn' stated below. I have been struggling for a long time on this, but could not find the solution. Can anybody tell me why this has happened.
Regards Umesh contact: umeshtmi1@gmail.com
Strange- only one account shows up - a standard user I created to explore. Nothing under sysop or bureaucrat groups. Is it possible that when filling out the configuration form multiple times (had to tweak some SQL settings inbetween) that I left the sysop field blank? Do I have to start over? If so it's not a big deal - this wiki is for me to learn on before deploying...
-Shawn
On Jul 6, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Rob Church wrote:
On 06/07/07, Shawn Allgeier allgeier@gmail.com wrote:
I'm new to wikis in general. Just got MW up and running on a machine running Mac OS 10.4. When I used the setup script there was a field for WikiSysop. I don't seem to be able to log in using this username. How does one admin a wiki? There is some high level user who has extended powers, right? I also don't see a way to remove a file that has been uploaded?
When you install MediaWiki, you provide two sets of credentials; the first is the initial administrator/bureaucrat account details, and the default username for this is "WikiSysop", which you may have changed. To check this username, visit Special:Listusers on your wiki and look for the user with "sysop, bureaucrat" permissions.
If you've forgotten the password for this user, then you can use the maintenance/changePassword.php script to reset it. Once logged in as this user, you'll be able to use all the administrative functions, plus manage user rights, etc.
As to the image deletion question; when you are logged in as a sysop, you'll notice deletion links on image description pages.
Rob Church
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