Why can't you install it via the web installer? Can you post what the script path setting is in your local settings file?
On Monday, August 11, 2014, Greg Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings > > Have used MediaWiki for years at work, but have never had to install it > before. So when I needed a wiki for an extracurricular activity, I wanted > to use what I was familiar with. > > I have a website with an 'internal' password-protected directory (Exec) > sitting off document root so we can run a few admin scripts, etc. I want to > include a private wiki in that space. > > For technical reasons, I am unable to run a browser to run the > installation, so I have to do it manually via command line. > > So I untarred mediawiki, named it wiki, and place it at > .../httpdocs/Exec/wiki. I manually create the empty database and user then > run the following command from that directory > > # php maintenance/install.php mediawiki mediawiki --pass xxxxxxx > --scriptpath wiki --dbuser xxxxx --dbpass xxxxxx --dbname xxxxxxx > > > I get a few warnings about optional libs missing, and one in particular > which might be relevant: > > "Warning: Your default directory for uploads (/var/www/vhosts/ > mysite.com/httpdocs/Exec/wiki/images/) is not checked for vulnerability to > arbitrary script execution during the CLI install." > > then it proceeds to: > > ================================= > Setting up database > done > Creating tables > done > Creating database user > done > Populating default interwiki table > done > Initializing statistics > done > Generating secret keys > done > Creating administrator user account > done > Creating main page with default content > done > ================================ > > Looks good so far. I go to www.mysite.com/Exec/wiki/index.php, it > redirects > to www.mysite.com/Exec/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. It exists, but its butt > ugly and a couple of broken image links. While I'm not completely sure what > a skin is, this ain't it. Furthermore, selecting certain links (e.g. > "Read") sends me to a recursive url like this: > > > http://www.mysite.com/Exec/wiki/index.php/wiki/index.php/wiki/index.php/Wiki/index.php/wiki/index.php/Wiki/index.php/..... > .. > .. > > and this error: > > > "The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked > inter-language or inter-wiki title. It may contain one or more characters > that cannot be used in titles." > > > Somehow my "scriptpath" (aka $wgScriptPath) must be wrong, but I can't > figure it out. Really hoping my wiki have to be sitting directly below > document root (which isn;t an option). I've started from scratch a couple > of times, but nothing changes. To the experienced admins on this mailing > list, is there anything obviously wrong? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Greg > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile on my iPod. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
