View source for mediawiki installation - database and file permissions



== preparing a database via CLI ==


 mysql> show databases;
 +--------------------+
 | Database           |
 +--------------------+
 | information_schema |
 | mysql              |
 +--------------------+
 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

 mysql> create database mediawiki_db;
 Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

 mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON database_name.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

 mysql> GRANT ALL ON mediawiki_db.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

 mysql> quit
 Bye


== ownership and permissons ==

 # chown -R apache:apache <PATH_TO_MEDIAWIKI_DIRECTORY>

 # chmod 700 <path to LocalSettings.php> *** not sure of permissions

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