[Pkg-mediawiki-devel] Bug#698617: Bug#698617: mediawiki: On a new site installation, it cannot create the database since it doesn't get the user name

[Rene Horn]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:00:34PM +0100, Platonides wrote:
> On 21/01/13 09:26, Rene Horn wrote:
> > Package: mediawiki
> > Version: 1:1.19.3-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> >    * What led up to the situation?
> > 
> > I just installed Mediawiki, and I had created a vhost for it.  I was going through the initial setup, and got to the end where it 
> > tries to create the database.
> > 
> >    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> >      ineffective)?
> > 
> > I was just trying to complete the web interface installation (mw-config/index.php).
> > 
> >    * What was the outcome of this action?
> > 
> > I got this error from the install (it seems that it did not pass in the user name, which in this case I put in 'dice_wiki' for the 
> > user name):
> > 
> > Setting up database...A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted 
> > database query was:
> > 
> >     CREATE DATABASE `dice_wiki`
> > 
> > from within function "MysqlInstaller::setupDatabase". Database returned error "1044: Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to 
> > database 'dice_wiki' (localhost)".
> 
> Did you fill out the username ("Database username:") in the "Connect to
> database" step? Did you remove the preset of 'root'?
> 
> MediaWiki 1.19.3 is using the contents of that field for me.
> 
Yeah, I did.  I had no intention of using root for access, and I also made sure that I had already created the user I was going to 
use for it.