[dokuwiki] Re: Silly debian/ubuntu installation defaults - but how do I fix them?
- From: Chris G <cl@xxxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:29:19 +0100
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 08:29:41AM -0700, Kite wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Open a terminal or command line window.
> Try "sudo bash"
> Try "su root"
>
> sudo (super-user do) should ask for YOUR password, and leave you in a
> superuser command line.
> su (switch/set user) should ask for root's password; try blank, or just
> hit return. You should have set a password during set up, so try those
> options, too.
>
> The restriction is that a superuser can't log in remotely, and can't login
> directly on the console. You ALWAYS have to log in as someone else, then
> elevate your access.
>
> Once you're in as root by either method, use passwd to change the root
> password for yourself so other users can have accounts, but not just bump
> to root.
No, the problem is not the default Ubuntu 'no root' setup, I know all
about that. The system I installed dokuwiki on is an existing server
where I'm quite happy administering etc.
The problem is that I didn't know how to get admin rights in Dokuwiki
as the default installation just pops up a 'start' page (not yet
created) with no links to admin.
What hadn't happened was that the Ubuntu installation hadn't run (or
done the equivalent of) Dokuwiki's install.php. What I had to do was
explicitly run intall.php - and I had to remove a bit of code because
the hash was wrong.
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