On 18/12/06, Andrew Stewart <stewarta(a)nmrc.navy.mil> wrote:
I'm trying to install mediawiki 1.6.8 on a remote
web host. I've
chmod'd the config directory with the appropriate permissions, yet
config/index.php still reports that it can't write the config file
and instructs me to change permissions on the config directory.
I'm wondering if the config script merely generates the
LocalSettings.php file and if so, whether I can simply import a
LocalSettings.php generated from another mediawiki installation.
The configuration script also sets up the database structure, creates
the initial sysop/bureaucrat user, creates the default main page and
initialises the MediaWiki namespace.
If you create the structure manually, create your user manually and
plonk in a LocalSettings.php file yourself, you can probably get away
without actually running it.
Rob Church