Does the user MediaWiki is user have permission to modify other users' permissions? If it doesn't, that's what may have caused it. (Also check to make sure the connection wasn't dropped.)

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:34:40 +0100, Rik Serpentier rik.serpentier@vmw.be wrote:

Gene,

Thanks for the tip, but...

I dropped the existing wikidb, and ran setup again. In Safari I got the same "bad server response"-error. I dropped the created database again, and ran setup once again but with Internet Explorer for Mac and this resulted in :

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MediaWiki 1.3.8 installation

Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.

Checking environment...

•  PHP 4.3.4: ok
  

•  PHP server API is apache; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title)
  

•  Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
  

•  PHP is configured with no memory_limit.
  

•  Have zlib support; enabling output compression.
  

•  Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be enabled
  

if you enable uploads.

•  Installation directory: /Users/admin/Sites/mediawiki
  

•  Script URI path: /~admin/mediawiki
  

•  Connected as root (automatic)
  

•  Connected to database... 4.1.7-debug; enabling MySQL 4 enhancements
  

•  Created database wikidb2
  

•  Creating tables... done.
  

•  Initializing data...
  

•  Granting user permissions...
  

Sorry! The wiki is experiencing some technical difficulties, and cannot contact the database server.

Thanks again for your support

With kind regards,

Rik Serpentier adjunct-afdelingschef Informatica Gewestelijke Directie West-Vlaanderen Roggelaan 2 8500 Kortrijk +32 (0)56 23 17 43 (rechtstreeks nummer) Bezoek onze website : www.vmw.be

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