"dan nessett" <dness...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:630381.19130...@web32503.mail.mud.yahoo.com... > I also would appreciate some feedback on the following question. One of > the tests referenced the global variables $wgDBadminname and > $wgDBadminuser. When I ran the configuration script during Mediawiki > installation on my machine, the LocalSettings.php file created defined the > globals $wgDBname and $wgDBuser. So, I changed the test to use these > variables rather than the 'admin' versions. However, I don't remember if > the script gave me a choice to use the 'admin' versions or not. Also, if > the configuration script has changed, then some installations may use the > 'admin' versions and some may not. In either case, I would have to modify > the bug fix to accept both types of global variable. If someone would fill > me in, I can make any required changes to the bug fix.
I think these are to allow you to define a separate MySQL user (in adminsettings.php) that can be given higher privileges, as a security device. IIRC this is now deprecated (cf bug18768). --HM _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
