[wplug] MySQL Root Password Craziness with MediaWiki

[Michael P. O Connor]

I would say create the user and blank database and just give that info
to MediaWiki, there is no reason that any program should be given any
type of root access, I have setup 2 MediaWiki's with out giving it a
MySQL root password, just create the user and database first then give
that info to MediaWiki and it will work well from there.

> Hello wplug. 
> 
> I have a Fedora Core 2 server that has lately become a sort of wiki 
> repository for my organization. We're using the MediaWiki PHP/MySQL 
> solution that I've deployed elsewhere without incident. 
> 
> I've had a problem with MySQL, though, that I've managed to trace back to 
> the creation of a new wiki. Essentially, after a new wiki is configured 
> (which takes the MySQL root password to make new users), MySQL no longer 
> allows root login, even with the correct password. 
> 
> A restart of MySQL solves the problem, but it's something that I'd
like to 
> avoid if I can. Obviously the problem is somewhere in MediaWiki, but I 
> don't even really know what to look for in the code. Are there any MySQL 
> gurus who have seen the root password start acting weird like that? 
> 
> Thanks for the help. 
> 
> ---------------
> Shane J.M. Liesegang
> Masters Candidate 2006
> Entertainment Technology Center
> Carnegie Mellon University
> 
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