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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umesh dhekane wrote:
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.
[...]
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
You probably chose the "MySQL 5 binary" schema. Ha ha, tricked you. If so, it should be fixed in 1.11.
-- Tim Starling
On 06/07/07, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
You probably chose the "MySQL 5 binary" schema. Ha ha, tricked you. If so, it should be fixed in 1.11.
Yes...
Anyway, to sort out the problem for now, create a new user in the normal method, check the user's identifier in Special:Preferences, and then insert a couple of rows into the `user_groups` table in the database, like so:
INSERT INTO `user_groups` ( `ug_user`, `ug_group` ) VALUES ( 1, "sysop" ), ( 1, "bureaucrat" );
Rob Church
Dear Rob,
I did what you wrote. But there is still no change in the rights. After logging by the first created user's credentials also there is no difference. The pages looks just as for any other user. No extra links.
Please advice. I am using phpMyAdmin MySQL 5. I have been strugling for a very long time. I dont even mind installing it all over again. Please guide me. Thanks in advance.
Regards
Umesh
On 7/7/07, Rob Church robchur@gmail.com wrote:
On 06/07/07, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
You probably chose the "MySQL 5 binary" schema. Ha ha, tricked you. If
so,
it should be fixed in 1.11.
Yes...
Anyway, to sort out the problem for now, create a new user in the normal method, check the user's identifier in Special:Preferences, and then insert a couple of rows into the `user_groups` table in the database, like so:
INSERT INTO `user_groups` ( `ug_user`, `ug_group` ) VALUES ( 1, "sysop" ), ( 1, "bureaucrat" );
Rob Church
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Rob Church wrote:
On 06/07/07, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
You probably chose the "MySQL 5 binary" schema. Ha ha, tricked you. If so, it should be fixed in 1.11.
Yes...
Anyway, to sort out the problem for now, create a new user in the normal method, check the user's identifier in Special:Preferences, and then insert a couple of rows into the `user_groups` table in the database, like so:
INSERT INTO `user_groups` ( `ug_user`, `ug_group` ) VALUES ( 1, "sysop" ), ( 1, "bureaucrat" );
In the MySQL 5 binary schema in 1.10.0, the ug_group column will be zero-padded, so "sysop" becomes "sysop\0\0\0\0\0\0...". This causes it to not match the sysop group in the configuration. The way to fix this is to reinstall the wiki with the MySQL 5 UTF-8 schema if possible, or the 4.0.x compat schema if not.
If there is a need to preserve data in the broken wiki, you can create a new fixed wiki in a separate DB, drop the old broken user_groups table, and rename the new one into the old one's place.
-- Tim Starling
Hi Tim,
Thanks for the reply. I got the sysop problem solved. The problem came because the wiki directory had no writing permission. I enabled writing and got admin added. But now I have one more problem...:( After installation I got all the pages blank... And admin rights are also seen only as a 4 new additions to special pages link. Is that only what u get after logging as an admin? And why I am getting blank pages. Can help me out with this problem... Again thanks a lot for replying..
Regards
Umesh Dhekane
On 7/9/07, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
Rob Church wrote:
On 06/07/07, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
You probably chose the "MySQL 5 binary" schema. Ha ha, tricked you. If
so,
it should be fixed in 1.11.
Yes...
Anyway, to sort out the problem for now, create a new user in the normal method, check the user's identifier in Special:Preferences, and then insert a couple of rows into the `user_groups` table in the database, like so:
INSERT INTO `user_groups` ( `ug_user`, `ug_group` ) VALUES ( 1, "sysop" ), ( 1, "bureaucrat" );
In the MySQL 5 binary schema in 1.10.0, the ug_group column will be zero-padded, so "sysop" becomes "sysop\0\0\0\0\0\0...". This causes it to not match the sysop group in the configuration. The way to fix this is to reinstall the wiki with the MySQL 5 UTF-8 schema if possible, or the 4.0.x compat schema if not.
If there is a need to preserve data in the broken wiki, you can create a new fixed wiki in a separate DB, drop the old broken user_groups table, and rename the new one into the old one's place.
-- Tim Starling
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umesh dhekane wrote :
And admin rights are also seen only as a 4 new additions to special pages link.
This is normal (though I have 5 more links, not 4 : "Block user", "Import pages", "Unwatched pages", "User rights management" & "View deleted pages")
Is that only what u get after logging as an admin ?
no, at least, you also get extra tabs at the top of your pages (e.g. protect, delete, move)
And why I am getting blank pages.
Do you mean that you don't have anything on screen or that pages have no text in it ? (I mean : do you have "navigation", "toolbox", personnal tools (login/logout) and action tabs (edit-history-...) ?)
Dear Alexis,
Thanks a lot for the reply.
umesh dhekane wrote :> And admin rights are also seen only as a 4 new additions to special pages link. Alexis Moinet wrote: >This is normal (though I have 5 more links, not 4 : "Block user", "Import pages", "Unwatched pages", "User rights management" & "View deleted pages")
umesh:> I also got 5 links that was mistake by me.
Alexis Moinet wrote:> Is that only what u get after logging as an admin ? no, at least, you also get extra tabs at the top of your pages (e.g. protect, delete, move)
umesh:> I didnt get these links anywhere on my wiki.
umesh Dhekane wrote: > And why I am getting blank pages. Alexis Moinet wrote:> Do you mean that you don't have anything on screen or that pages have no text in it ? (I mean : do you have "navigation", "toolbox", personnal tools (login/logout) and action tabs (edit-history-...) ?)
umesh:> Well in my wiki pages have no text content in it. I do have navigation, toolbox personal tools & action tabs. Is this how it usually is like?
It would be very nice if you could suggest a solution.
Thanks and regards
Umesh
On 7/9/07, Alexis Moinet alexis.moinet@fpms.ac.be wrote:
umesh dhekane wrote :
And admin rights are also seen only as a 4 new additions to special
pages link.
This is normal (though I have 5 more links, not 4 : "Block user", "Import pages", "Unwatched pages", "User rights management" & "View deleted pages")
Is that only what u get after logging as an admin ?
no, at least, you also get extra tabs at the top of your pages (e.g. protect, delete, move)
And why I am getting blank pages.
Do you mean that you don't have anything on screen or that pages have no text in it ? (I mean : do you have "navigation", "toolbox", personnal tools (login/logout) and action tabs (edit-history-...) ?)
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Hello folks,
I get the following error when trying to use thumbnails:
"Error creating thumbnail: /usr/bin/convert: Unrecognized option (-thumbnail)"
Is this returned because ImageMagick is not installed, or could I have something misconfigured?
Thanks, Scott
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Scott Thile wrote:
I get the following error when trying to use thumbnails:
"Error creating thumbnail: /usr/bin/convert: Unrecognized option (-thumbnail)"
Is this returned because ImageMagick is not installed, or could I have something misconfigured?
You have an old version of ImageMagick.
- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
Scott Thile wrote:
I get the following error when trying to use thumbnails:
"Error creating thumbnail: /usr/bin/convert: Unrecognized option (-thumbnail)"
Is this returned because ImageMagick is not installed, or
could I have
something misconfigured?
You have an old version of ImageMagick.
- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
Thanks Brion! I'll try to get the hosting folks to upgrade it.
All the best, and thanks again, Scott
I've also had the same thing happen to me.
On 7/6/07, umesh dhekane umeshtmi1@gmail.com wrote:
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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