G. Carter wrote:
The only user I curently have in my MySQL DB is root and it's not yet password protected (new install). Can I install MediaWiki w/this user as is?
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Hi, A few months ago I experienced serious problems with the cyrillic characters (on UTF-8) when using the "root" user with my wiki. It seems that it is a built-in "feature" in MySQL 5. This is just one of the non-security risks to use "root". If you're unfamiliar with the SQL syntax, you can easily create users and grant privileges with phpMyAdmin.