Can't write config file, aborting

In order to configure the wiki you have to make the config subdirectory writable by the web server. Once configuration is done you'll move the created LocalSettings.php to the parent directory, and for added safety you can then remove the config subdirectory entirely.

To make the directory writable on a Unix/Linux system:

	cd /path/to/wiki
	chmod a+w config
	

Afterwards retry to start the setup.

• Don't forget security updates! Keep an eye on the low-traffic release announcements mailing list.

Checking environment...

Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.

PHP " . phpversion() . " installed\n"; ## Temporarily turn off all errors as we try to discover installed databases $olderrnum = error_reporting(0); $phpdatabases = array(); foreach (array_keys($ourdb) as $db) { $compname = $ourdb[$db]['compile']; if (extension_loaded($compname) or dl($compname . '.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX)) { array_push($phpdatabases, $db); $ourdb[$db]['havedriver'] = 1; } } error_reporting($olderrornum); if (!$phpdatabases) { print "Could not find a suitable database driver!
"; foreach (array_keys($ourdb) AS $db) { $comp = $ourdb[$db]['compile']; $full = $ourdb[$db]['fullname']; print "
• For $full, compile PHP using --with-$comp, " ."or install the $comp.so module
\n"; } dieout( "

" .
				htmlspecialchars( $local ) .
				"

• {$databaseSafe} is not a valid database name.

• Error selecting database {$databaseSafe}: {$err} "; print htmlspecialchars( mysql_error() ) . "

\n";
			chdir( ".." );
			flush();
			do_all_updates();
			chdir( "config" );
			print "

• Finished update checks.
\n"; } else { # FIXME: Check for errors print "
• Creating tables..."; if ($conf->DBtype == 'mysql') { dbsource( "../maintenance/tables.sql", $wgDatabase ); dbsource( "../maintenance/interwiki.sql", $wgDatabase ); } else if ($conf->DBtype == 'postgres') { $wgDatabase->setup_database(); } else { $errs["DBtype"] = "Do not know how to handle database type '$conf->DBtype'"; continue; } print " done.
\n"; print "
• Initializing data...
\n"; $wgDatabase->insert( 'site_stats', array ( 'ss_row_id' => 1, 'ss_total_views' => 0, 'ss_total_edits' => 0, 'ss_good_articles' => 0 ) ); # Set up the "regular user" account *if we can, and if we need to* if( $conf->Root and $conf->DBtype == 'mysql') { # See if we need to $wgDatabase2 = $dbc->newFromParams( $wgDBserver, $wgDBuser, $wgDBpassword, $wgDBname, 1 ); if( $wgDatabase2->isOpen() ) { # Nope, just close the test connection and continue $wgDatabase2->close(); echo( "
• User $wgDBuser exists. Skipping grants.
\n" ); } else { # Yes, so run the grants echo( "
• Granting user permissions to $wgDBuser on $wgDBname..." ); dbsource( "../maintenance/users.sql", $wgDatabase ); echo( "success.
\n" ); } } if( $conf->SysopName ) { $u = User::newFromName( $conf->getSysopName() ); if ( !$u ) { print "
• Warning: Skipped sysop account creation - invalid username!
\n"; } else if ( 0 == $u->idForName() ) { $u->addToDatabase(); $u->setPassword( $conf->getSysopPass() ); $u->saveSettings(); $u->addGroup( "sysop" ); $u->addGroup( "bureaucrat" ); print "
• Created sysop account " . htmlspecialchars( $conf->SysopName ) . ".
\n"; } else { print "
• Could not create user - already exists!
\n"; } } else { print "
• Skipped sysop account creation, no name given.
\n"; } $titleobj = Title::newFromText( wfMsgNoDB( "mainpage" ) ); $article = new Article( $titleobj ); $newid = $article->insertOn( $wgDatabase ); $revision = new Revision( array( 'page' => $newid, 'text' => wfMsg( 'mainpagetext' ) . "\n\n" . wfMsgNoTrans( 'mainpagedocfooter' ), 'comment' => '', 'user' => 0, 'user_text' => 'MediaWiki default', ) ); $revid = $revision->insertOn( $wgDatabase ); $article->updateRevisionOn( $wgDatabase, $revision ); } /* Write out the config file now that all is well */ print "
• \n"; print "

  Creating LocalSettings.php...

  \n\n"; $localSettings = "<" . "?php$endl$local$endl\r\n"; // Fix up a common line-ending problem (due to CVS on Windows) $localSettings = str_replace( "\r\n", "\n", $localSettings ); $f = fopen( "LocalSettings.php", 'xt' ); if( $f == false ) { dieout( "

  Couldn't write out LocalSettings.php. Check that the directory permissions are correct and that there isn't already a file of that name here...

  \n" . "

  Here's the file that would have been written, try to paste it into place manually:

  \n" . "

  \n" . htmlspecialchars( $localSettings ) . "

  \n" ); } if(fwrite( $f, $localSettings ) ) { fclose( $f ); writeSuccessMessage(); } else { fclose( $f ); die("

  An error occured while writing the config/LocalSettings.php file. Check user rights and disk space then try again.

  \n"); } print "
\n"; } while( false ); } ?>

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To complete the installation, please do the following:

1. Download config/LocalSettings.php with your FTP client or file manager
2. Upload it to the parent directory
3. Delete config/LocalSettings.php
4. Start using your wiki!

If you are in a shared hosting environment, do not just move LocalSettings.php remotely. LocalSettings.php is currently owned by the user your webserver is running under, which means that anyone on the same server can read your database password! Downloading it and uploading it again will hopefully change the ownership to a user ID specific to you.

Installation successful! Move the config/LocalSettings.php file into the parent directory, then follow this link to your wiki.