Georgi Hristozov wrote:
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?
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.
Simply give root as the mysql superadmin, and your preferred mysql username for MediaWiki, in MW install, and it will create that account.