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Leo: /* Creating another wiki on the same webserver */

2010-08-26T15:59:47Z

‎Creating another wiki on the same webserver

Leo: /* Wiki user (Sysop?) password recovery? */

2009-03-25T13:41:20Z

‎Wiki user (Sysop?) password recovery?

Leo at 13:39, 25 March 2009

2009-03-25T13:39:49Z

Leo: /* Recovering wiki after upgrade */

2009-03-25T13:38:14Z

‎Recovering wiki after upgrade

Leo: /* Typical configuration options */

2009-03-09T13:53:16Z

‎Typical configuration options

Leo: /* Initial Setup */

2009-03-02T17:27:05Z

‎Initial Setup

Leo: /* Initial Setup */

2009-03-02T17:13:29Z

‎Initial Setup

Leo: /* Typical configuration options */

2009-03-02T17:12:23Z

‎Typical configuration options

Leo: /* Typical configuration options */

2009-02-25T14:49:30Z

‎Typical configuration options

Leo: /* Typical configuration options */

2009-02-25T14:46:25Z

‎Typical configuration options

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 * create a new directory (say wiki2) in the document root.
-* [http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/lndir.1.html lndir] the /opt/mediawiki to the new directory,
+* [http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/lndir.1.html lndir] the /var/lib/mediawiki to the new directory,
+ cd /var/lib
+ sudo mkdir wiki2
+ cd wiki2
+ sudo lndir /var/lib/mediawiki
 * assign the appropriate permissions to directories and
 * visit the wiki (http://localhost/wiki2) for configuration. Make sure that the database name, user and table prefix are different for this wiki.
 === Recovering wiki after upgrade ===

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 === Wiki user (Sysop?) password recovery? ===
-Log in mysql as root, use your wiki database, and issue the following commant using your wiki prefix for the user table name. The following assumes the default option $wgPasswordSalt = true.
+Log in to mysql as root, ''use'' your wiki database, and issue the following command using your wiki prefix for the user table name. The following assumes the default option $wgPasswordSalt = true.
  UPDATE user SET user_password = MD5(CONCAT(user_id, '-', MD5('yourpassword'))) WHERE user_name = 'yourusername';
 More on the subject [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_change_a_user.27s_password.3F here].
 === Other info and links ===

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 More on the subject [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_change_a_user.27s_password.3F here].
+=== Other info and links ===
+ * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ wikimedia meta FAQ]

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 * set all the parameters as before, except using the new mysql passwords as appropriate.
 * compared the newly created Localsettings.php with my old (if present) and copied that into /var/lib/wiki, and set the permissions so that it could not be changed by anyone or read by anyone but the www-data (webserver).
+=== Wiki user (Sysop?) password recovery? ===
+Log in mysql as root, use your wiki database, and issue the following commant using your wiki prefix for the user table name. The following assumes the default option $wgPasswordSalt = true.
+ UPDATE user SET user_password = MD5(CONCAT(user_id, '-', MD5('yourpassword'))) WHERE user_name = 'yourusername';
+More on the subject [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_change_a_user.27s_password.3F here].

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  $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;
  $wgWhitelistRead =  array ( "Main Page", "Special:Userlogin");
+Customize the layout.
+ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Layout_customization
 === Creating another wiki on the same webserver ===

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	=== Initial ~~Setup~~ ===		=== Initial setup ===

	Doing apt-get install mediawiki is not enough. Here is what else needs to be done:		Doing apt-get install mediawiki is not enough. Here is what else needs to be done:

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   sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
-* BTW, if you get the annoying ''"Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name"'' message, then you can edit  default and add the ServerName. Note, your server name should be resolvable. You could add it also in /etc/hosts file and point to localhost IP.
+* BTW, if you get the annoying ''"Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name"'' message on a fresh apache install, then you can edit  /etc/apache/sites-available/default and add the ServerName. Note, your server name should be resolvable. You could add it also in /etc/hosts file and point to localhost IP.
  NameVirtualHost *
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  http://localhost/wiki (or http://localhost/mediawiki)
 === Typical configuration options ===

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+=== Initial Setup ===
+Doing apt-get install mediawiki is not enough. Here is what else needs to be done:
+ sudo apt-get install mediawiki imagemagick mediawiki-math mysql-server
+Remove comment'#' and rename the mediawiki link as needed in /etc/apache2/conf.d/mediawiki.conf, e.g. in:
+ gksudo gedit /etc/apache2/conf.d/mediawiki.conf
+... change the appropriateline in /etc/apache2/conf.d/mediawiki.conf as follows
+ from: # Alias /mediawiki /var/lib/mediawiki
+ to:   Alias /wiki /var/lib/mediawiki
+Restart Apache:
+  sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+* BTW, if you get the annoying ''"Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name"'' message, then you can edit  default and add the ServerName. Note, your server name should be resolvable. You could add it also in /etc/hosts file and point to localhost IP.
+ NameVirtualHost *
+ ServerName myserver
+Then visit the website at http://localhost/wiki (or http://localhost/mediawiki) and follow the instructions to create the databases and configure the wiki. You may want to enable SSL or be secure in some other way since you will be entering passwords.
+Finally, move the LocalSettings file to a safe place so anonymous can not read it (the mediawiki mysql pass is in there!). Check the path below to match your configuration.
+ sudo mv /var/lib/mediawiki/config/LocalSettings.php /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
+ sudo chmod 600 /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
+ sudo rm -Rf /var/lib/mediawiki/config
+Now you should be able to access the wiki at
+ http://localhost/wiki (or http://localhost/mediawiki)
 === Typical configuration options ===

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  $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
  $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;
+Disable reading by anonymous users, except for certain pages:
+ $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;
+ $wgWhitelistRead =  array ( "Main Page", "Special:Userlogin");
 === Creating another wiki on the same webserver ===

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  $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
-Disable editing by anonymous users:
+Disable editing and creating pages by anonymous users:
  $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
+ $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;
 === Creating another wiki on the same webserver ===