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--- archive_wiki_service [2013/10/12 21:21] – _hayden
+++ archive_wiki_service [2026/09/26 22:55] (current) – removed - external edit (Unknown date) 127.0.0.1
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-{{InfoBox|text=This service does not currently exist if you would like to reinstate it please [[contact|contact us]]. The following information should be for historical interest only.}}
-Tardis has a a MediaWiki hosting facility.
-  *  [[media_wiki_installation|Installation Doc]]
-Speak to seth for information.
-====== MediaWiki User Accounts ======
-===== Adding accounts =====
-Thom can create new accounts.
-===== Some notes for future reference =====
-From... http://people.planetpostgresql.org/greg/index.php?/archives/74-Reset-a-user-password-on-MediaWiki.html.
-See also http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_rights. Log into www.reaper as root, then:
-<code>  www:~# mysql -h db.reaper -u tardiswiki -p
-  Enter password:
-  Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
-  Your MySQL connection id is 4057 to server version: 4.0.24
-  Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
-  mysql> insert into tw_user (user_name,user_real_name) values ('TestUser','Test User');
-  Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)
-  mysql> UPDATE tw_user SET user_password = md5( concat('25-',md5('somepassword'))) WHERE user_name='TestUser';
-</code>
-Where we really want the concat() call to be something like
-<code>  concat((SELECT user_id FROM tw_user WHERE user_name='TestUser'),'-',md5('somepassword'))
-</code>
-... Need to fix this and script this for a tardis-add-wikiuser script that users can run themselves to add their user or update password. Prod people for the tardiswiki password.
-====== Wiki Service 2.0 ======
- is working on a more unified Wiki hosting. Ideally we want to make it fairly easy to get a basic Wiki set up in such a way that doesn't require fluffing around with DNS, downloading a copy of MediaWiki and then setting up a new vhost for each.
-  *  All the Wikis will be created by simlinks from the master MediaWiki dpkg installation at <code>/usr/share/mediawiki/</code>. This means all instances should remain up-to-date with the current Debian package. If needs be these can then be overidden simply by replacing the relevant file.
-  *  All the Wikis will be accessed via *.wiki.tardis.ed.ac.uk. This means that you won't need to create any new DNS entries.
-  *  All the Wikis will share a single directory structure and Apache configuration. No need to create vhosts for each Wiki.
-The rough guide to setting up a Wiki (ideally there should be a small shell script here) is:
-  -  <code>$ mkdir -p /tardis/www/wikiservice/$WIKINAME/pages</code>
-  -  <code>$ ln -s /usr/share/mediawiki/* /tardis/www/wikiservice/$WIKINAME/pages/</code>
-  -  <code>$ rm /tardis/www/wikiservice/$WIKINAME/pages/LocalSettings.php</code>
-  -  -- Fix permissions?
-You should now be able to run the normal MediWiki setup by browsing to http://$WIKINAME.wiki.tardis.ed.ac.uk