mediawiki installation - database and file permissions
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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 'mwadmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'abc123'; 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