My response is not incorrect. Your response is correct in this particular situation. However, the error message described by the initial OP is a known bug in other circumstances. — Amanda
On Friday, February 23, 2018, 12:55 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński matma.rex@gmail.com wrote:
If your sessions are stored in the database, then the users won't be able to log in while the database is read only. See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSessionCacheType
Amanda's response is incorrect.