[Mediawiki-l] No sysop user got created after installation

[umesh dhekane]

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 at 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 at 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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