From 5e5788631793db3fa748e238fb0db8208937cc4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chad Horohoe Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:02:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak INSTALL to be more accurate with new-installer. Will do UPGRADE later --- INSTALL | 30 ++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 6682d4afee..33cc595e0a 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -54,36 +54,19 @@ something nice, like "wiki", since it'll be in your URL. | See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -To run the install script, you'll need to temporarily make the 'config' -subdirectory writable by the web server. The simplest way to do this on a -Unix/Linux system is to make it world-writable: - - chmod a+w config - Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory. It'll direct you into the config script. Fill out the form... remember you're probably not on an encrypted connection. Gaaah! :) If all goes well, you should soon be told that it's set up your wiki database -and written a configuration file. There should now be a 'LocalSettings.php' in -the config directory; move it back up to the main wiki directory, and the wiki -should now be working. - - +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - | Security hint: if you have limited access on your server and cannot | - | change ownership of files, you might want to *copy* instead of *move* | - | LocalSettings.php. | - | | - | This will make the file owned by your user account instead of by | - | the web server, which is safer in case another user's account is | - | compromised. | - +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - -Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the config directory, or at least -make it not world-writable (though it will refuse to config again if the wiki -is set up). +and generated a configuration file. There is now a copy of "LocalSettings.php" +available to download from the installer. Download this now, there is not a +way (yet) to get it after you exit the installer. Place it in the main wiki +directory, and the wiki should now be working. +Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the config directory (though it will +refuse to config again if the wiki is set up). ---- @@ -99,4 +82,3 @@ http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce (low traffic) http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l (site admin support) http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l (development) - -- 2.20.1