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Joseph Brick

9 Apr 2006 9 Apr '06

1:49 a.m.

Trying to set up a local mediawiki server on my Mac (osx 10.4.4). Installed mediawiki version 1.6.2 to Library/WebServer/Documents/mediawiki/ Trying to follow this portion of the install instructions with no luck: "Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory. It'll direct you into the config script." So I go to http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/ in my browser, but rather than being presented with a web page (which I assume would guide me through setup), I simply see the file listing of that folder. E.g: AdminSettings.sample COPYING FAQ etc. Web sharing is on - for example, if I go to http://127.0.0.1/ I see my Apache server's default web page. Any ideas?

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Rob Church

9 Apr 9 Apr

2:09 a.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Can't see mediawiki site; see folder content listing instead.

On 09/04/06, Joseph Brick <jbrick(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Make sure Apache knows how to handle .php files, and that it knows index.php is a valid index file for directories. See httpd.conf and the documentation for pointers. Rob Church

Brion Vibber

2:14 a.m.

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Joseph Brick wrote:

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Trying to set up a local mediawiki server on my Mac (osx 10.4.4).

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So I go to http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/ in my browser, but rather than being presented with a web page (which I assume would guide me through setup), I simply see the file listing of that folder. E.g:

Mac OS X ships with PHP installed, but disabled in the web server. You must enable the PHP module in the Apache configuration file. In /etc/http/httpd.conf you will find a line like this: #LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so Remove the "#" from the start of the line to uncomment it, then restart Apache. (You can do this by unchecking and re-checking 'Personal Web Sharing' in the Sharing control panel, or running "sudo apachectl restart" in a terminal.) If I'm looking at the default config file correctly, once PHP is enabled the index.php should automatically start working. If for some reason it doesn't, you may need to also add a line like: DirectoryIndex index.html index.php -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

Joseph Brick

4:22 a.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Can't see mediawiki site; see folder content listing instead.

Hi Brion, There is no file on my system (according to Finder) called httpd.conf. On 4/8/06, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:

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Joseph Brick wrote:

Trying to set up a local mediawiki server on my Mac (osx 10.4.4).

[snip]

So I go to http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/ in my browser, but rather than being presented with a web page (which I assume would guide me through setup), I simply see the file listing of that folder. E.g:

Joseph Brick

5:16 a.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Can't see mediawiki site; see folder content listing instead.

Hi Brion, So I found the file by drilling down in terminal. (I'm a GUI guy, so if there is a way to get Finder to find these type of system files, let me know.) It turns out that there are TWO lines that you have to remove the comment (#) from in httpd.conf to enable PHP: 1. The one you pointed out: #LoadModule php4_module And also: 2. #AddModule mod_php4.c Also, for any other newbies like me, to edit the httpd.conf file, you need root access. The "sudo" command gives you temporary root access; otherwise, when you try to save the file, you'll get "access denied." Use the following command in Terminal, once in the etc/httpd/ folder: sudo pico httpd.conf Edit the two lines, restart the server (by going to Prefs/Sharing and restarting Personal Web Serving) and you should be good to go. Thanks Brion! On 4/8/06, Joseph Brick <jbrick(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi Brion, There is no file on my system (according to Finder) called httpd.conf. On 4/8/06, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:

Joseph Brick wrote:

Trying to set up a local mediawiki server on my Mac (osx 10.4.4).

[snip]

So I go to http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/ in my browser, but rather than being presented with a web page (which I assume would guide me through setup), I simply see the file listing of that folder. E.g:

Erik Mermagen

5:43 a.m.

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get this: http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerToolSys.html INSANELY handy AND easy to use On Apr 9, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Joseph Brick wrote: Hi Brion, So I found the file by drilling down in terminal. (I'm a GUI guy, so if there is a way to get Finder to find these type of system files, let me know.) It turns out that there are TWO lines that you have to remove the comment (#) from in httpd.conf to enable PHP: 1. The one you pointed out: #LoadModule php4_module And also: 2. #AddModule mod_php4.c Also, for any other newbies like me, to edit the httpd.conf file, you need root access. The "sudo" command gives you temporary root access; otherwise, when you try to save the file, you'll get "access denied." Use the following command in Terminal, once in the etc/httpd/ folder: sudo pico httpd.conf Edit the two lines, restart the server (by going to Prefs/Sharing and restarting Personal Web Serving) and you should be good to go. Thanks Brion! On 4/8/06, Joseph Brick <jbrick(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi Brion, There is no file on my system (according to Finder) called httpd.conf. On 4/8/06, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:

Joseph Brick wrote:

Trying to set up a local mediawiki server on my Mac (osx 10.4.4).

[snip]

So I go to http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/ in my browser, but rather than being presented with a web page (which I assume would guide me through setup), I simply see the file listing of that folder. E.g:

_______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Joseph Brick

6:31 a.m.

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I'm on the MediaWiki setup web form - for the life of me I can't get this to talk to the MySQL database I created.(Keep getting "connection failed" error next to the SQL server host field (containing "localhost') If anyone has a detailed walk-through of this process, please send it along. To me the most unclear part is the difference between the DB user/pwd and the Superuser account/pwd. On 4/8/06, Erik Mermagen <mermagen(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

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Hi Brion, There is no file on my system (according to Finder) called httpd.conf. On 4/8/06, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:

Joseph Brick wrote:

Trying to set up a local mediawiki server on my Mac (osx 10.4.4).

[snip]

So I go to http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/ in my browser, but rather than being presented with a web page (which I assume would guide me through setup), I simply see the file listing of that folder. E.g:

_______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Rob Church

2:22 p.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Can't see mediawiki site; see folder content listing instead.

On 09/04/06, Joseph Brick <jbrick(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Check that mysqld is running. ;)

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To me the most unclear part is the difference between the DB user/pwd and the Superuser account/pwd.

Essentially, when it's running, MediaWiki needs to know the username and password of a MySQL user with SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE permissions on the named wiki database. This is the "database user". If that user happens to have full permissions on the database (allowing it to also create and alter tables, etc.) then that's all that's needed; MediaWiki can use that account to set up the schema. If not, then what's needed are the details of a superuser account, such as root, which *does* have these permissions. This account is used to create the database (if needed), create the database user (if needed), and set up the schema. These details aren't retained once the installation is complete. Rob Church

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