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?
Thank you, -Shawn
Shawn Allgeier 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?
admin a wiki/high level user/remove a file : you need to log as WikiSysop (or as an other admin, but you need an admin account to "create" other admins, so for now your only admin must be WikiSysop since you can't log)
log as WikiSysop : double check you entered the correct name (case sensitive) and the correct password (password you choose during install), it should work...
I'm sure this topic must come up at least once a month and I've read through the list archive and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG_editor
I was wondering if there has been any progress on that front and if there is a commercial product out there that can do that.
Though I'm sure most of the users will pick up the wiki markup, it remains an obstacle to adoption in a corporate environment.
Thanks
Kimon
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
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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