[Mediawiki-l] Setting the path in after installing mediawiki

[Senthil_OR at Dell.com]

Hello Mediawiki Group,
                              I must admit that, I am a relative newbie
to LAMP itself.
I want to implement a local wiki using a wikimedia software. I have
setup the apache server, configured PHP with Apache and MySQL daemon is
also running.

I downloaded the mediawiki software and installed it.
BUT my problem is I am not sure, if I am giving the correct Path to
various files.

My Apache server interprets PHP files if they are located at
/var/www/html (DocumentRoot "/var/www/html")

I also noticed that myApache server interprets the PHP files,only if it
is in .php format and does not read .phtml format.(AddType
application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml is Set)

What changes,should make in the LocalSettings.php and AdminSettings.php
?
When I compile, I also get a warning stating that

WARNING: register_globals is not on; MediaWiki currently relies on this
option.

If I compile without any changes to the LocalSettings and AdminSettings
and Link /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wiki/wiki.phtml to index.php (in my
DocumentRoot folder) , then my PHP is not being properly interpreted.

This is far from using http://www.myhost.com/wiki/wiki.phtml to view the
file. ( This is not at all  getting recognized)

What steps should I follow the setup the correct path in the setings.
Which paths need to be setup to what? 

Kindly help me.


Thank you.

Regards,
Senthil








My system configuration is:
1) Redhat Linux 3.0 Enterprise
2) Apache 2.0
3) PHP 4.3.2 ent
4) MySQL 3.23
5) Downloaded the latest stable version of mediawiki.