[Mediawiki-l] need some help with editing

[Platonides]

Steve Lindemann wrote:
> I did search the archives but didn't find anything helpful.  Of course, 
> I may have gone about that badly, in any case...
> 
> I get an error page with the following:
> 
>      Method Not Implemented
>      POST to /wiki/index.php not supported.
> 

>      == Modify an existing user name ==
>      * ssh to xxxxx.marmot.org     (999.999.999.999)
>      * su -
>      * vi /etc/passwd     (chg username and home dir)
>      * vi /etc/shadow     (chg username)
>      * cd /var/spool/mail


> I'm confused and dismayed...  Can anyone straighten me out on this?

Seems a problem with mod_secure. This apache module is too paranoic, and 
blocking page submisions merely mentioning /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow is 
like the kind of things it does.
Just uninstall it.