Hi,
ossi petz wrote: > Hallooooooo > > Well i kinda reached the point of another stupid question: > after a click around-round on > http://wikihost:8080/xwiki/bin/admin/XWiki/XWikiPreferences > and turning eny authentication option to yes i dont know the default > administration accont. > > is there some default admin account (beside that superadmin)? > or should i have done that BEFORE clicking around? > > If you have installed the deafault xwiki XAR, there is the administrator user. Username Admin / password admin. > > When i compare all the .war packaged software to what i am used from php > based things (wiki, forums, cms) the most foolproof procedure is this: > > - upload the files (*.php, .war) to appfolder > - connect to the page (http://host/appfolder) > - when nothing was installed yet, the installer starts > - it asks for the database connection parameters > - it asks for an admin account (username, emails, password) > - it then installs (creates db, tables, admin account, default files) > - in xwiki case even an option to import the default pages from that > xar could be added > - done. a link to the startpage > - now one can login with the admin account and start configuration > - if i dont configure the application at this point no damage can be > done by anonmyous users. so the default settings are normally a bit > strict. but well a wiki may be more open than a cms. > > the goal should be to not have to manually edit config files, security > params whatsoever. > > in bamboo (or was it teamcity? both java.war based installations) the > location of the log file is configured during the installtion steps. > everything crucial to the application. > > > the side effect is: no one ever reads instructions. cause its straight > forward and alwys the same. no stupid questions either ;-D > > in my opnion we java people should learn from the comfort those php guys > came up with. > > > thanks for listening :) > regards > > ossi > > > > Vincent Massol schrieb: >> Hi ossi, >> >> On Sep 21, 2007, at 12:48 AM, ossi petz wrote: >> >>> Hallo >>> >>> I did read those pages. I promise! Really! I mean it! Initially it >>> didnt >>> work with the original Mysql dialect. Probably because i did not yet >>> solve the security trouble i had at that moment. >>> >>> i cleaned the database and changed from Mysql5 to the Mysql Dialect >>> and >>> OH see! it works! :-) >> Glad you got it working! >> >>> yet it amazes me: mysql did change a lot of things from version 4.1 to >>> 5.0 (join syntax, sql strict). i was kinda expecting more detailed >>> requirements on the database versions. i do a lot of work and >>> installations on php based software. they all distinguish mysql >>> 4.0, 4.1 >>> and 5.0 versions. compared to mediawiki the setup takes ages. well 2 >>> hours compared to 20 minutes. no disaster - yet space for >>> improvement :) >> Well there are 2 options when installing: >> >> 1) User want to try quickly or is not too technical: He uses the >> standalone installation. (the zip, installer jar or exe). There's >> nothing to do, it's all setup; No container, no db to setup. >> >> 2) User wants control on his container + DB and is technical: He >> picks the WAR AND reads the documentation. >> >> For 1), setup takes under a minute. >> For 2), I would say setup should take about 10 minutes max if you >> follow the documentation. >> >> Still I'd like to understand why it took longer for you and how >> mediawiki's setup is simpler so that we can improve the setup. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >>> ready for testing now. >>> >>> thanks a lot! >>> regards >>> >>> ossi >>> >>> >>> Vincent Massol schrieb: >>>> Hi ossi, >>>> >>>> Why don't you check the Installation guide on xwiki.org? :) >>>> >>>> http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation >>>> >>>> You'll see that it has a section about MySQL: >>>> http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationMySQL >>>> >>>> The dialect there is different from the one you used. What's sure is >>>> that the issue is a Hibernate configuration issue. >>>> >>>> Hopefully, that should solve the trial and error issue :) >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> -Vincent >>>> >>>> On Sep 20, 2007, at 7:35 PM, ossi petz wrote: >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users@xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
