[Mediawiki-l] config file

Fri Jan 21 23:23:23 UTC 2005

I'm having trouble installing mediawiki 1.3.9 on a red hat box running Apache.

I first off installed it into a subdirectory on my host, and that worked fine.

http://s94368865.onlinehome.us/WikiMetamed/index.php?title=Main_Page

I then got a domain (www.wikimetamed.org) for the site at 1and1.com,
and then since their domain tools wouldn't let me point to the
existing installation, I decided to create a new install into my
webroot directory.

The problem that first appeared is that I can't access the config
directory.  If I try, Apache says it can't find the /config/index.php
file .. as though there is an existing config directory which is being
searched first.

I filed a bugzilla report for this.

So, I tried renaming the config directory to wikiconfig, and then ran
the wikiconfig/index.php which I now was able to access, but it did
not save the LocalSettings.php file even though it claimed to do so.

So, I tried modifying the LocalSettings.php file by hand from another
one I had available, and it doesn't seem to work.

Here it is here:

# This file was automatically generated by the MediaWiki installer.
# If you make manual changes, please keep track in case you need to
# recreate them later.

$IP = "/homepages/38/d94368847/htdocs";
ini_set( "include_path", ".:$IP:$IP/includes:$IP/languages" );
require_once( "DefaultSettings.php" );

# If PHP's memory limit is very low, some operations may fail.
# ini_set( 'memory_limit', '20M' );

if ( $wgCommandLineMode ) {
	if ( isset( $_SERVER ) && array_key_exists( 'REQUEST_METHOD', $_SERVER ) ) {
		die( "This script must be run from the command line\n" );
	}
} else {
	## Compress output if the browser supports it
	if( !ini_get( 'zlib.output_compression' ) ) @ob_start( 'ob_gzhandler' );
}

$wgSitename         = "WikiMetamed";

$wgScriptPath	    = "";
$wgScript           = "$wgScriptPath/index.php";
$wgRedirectScript   = "$wgScriptPath/redirect.php";

## If using PHP as a CGI module, use the ugly URLs
# $wgArticlePath      = "$wgScript/$1";
$wgArticlePath      = "$wgScript?title=$1";

$wgStylePath        = "$wgScriptPath/stylesheets";
$wgStyleDirectory   = "$IP/stylesheets";
$wgLogo             = "$wgStylePath/images/wiki.png";

$wgUploadPath       = "$wgScriptPath/images";
$wgUploadDirectory  = "$IP/images";

... other stuff removed ...

But when I access the site

http://www.wikimetamed.org

it appears to be pulling all the old path information out from the
original install.

I don't know how this software works .. but I find it difficult to
believe that path data is stored in the mysql tables... so what's
wrong with my LocalSettings.php file .. please ???