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slackline
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 Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:09 am Post subject: connection to localhost refused - mediawiki install/config |
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Hi All,
I've just installed MediaWiki (and the appropriate dependencies), after following http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Running_MediaWiki_on_Gentoo_Linux, and the instructions given after emerging mediawiki....
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POST-INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
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Completing setup:
To complete installation cd into the MediaWiki install location, but
make sure to start mysql first with:
$ /etc/init.d/mysql start
$ cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki/
The host directory, localhost, may change depending on your installation.
Then temporarily make the MediaWiki /config directory writable
to the user the web server is running as. The quickest way is
to make the directory world writable. For example:
$ chmod a+w config
Then access it, for example:
lynx http://localhost/mediawiki/config/
After setup move the newly created LocalSettings.php from the config/
directory to the main mediawiki directory, for example:
$ mv config/LocalSettings.php .
Remember to restore safe permissions to the MediaWiki config/ and
LocalSettings.php (which contains clear-text passwords).
chmod a-w config
chmod ug=r,o= LocalSettings.php
chown root:apache LocalSettings.php
After these steps MediaWiki should be accesable at
http://localhost/mediawiki/
Enabling Optional Features:
If you wish to enable image uploads then you must manually edit the
LocalSettings.php file to uncomment the $wgDisableUploads line.
If MediaWiki was built with the imagemagick USE-flag the directory
permissions are correct, otherwise you must install ImageMagick and
also adjust permissions on the images directory to allow the server
to write. For example:
$ chown apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki/images
Math Support:
If you wish to enable the math support then you must manually edit"
the LocalSettings.php file to uncomment the $wgUseTeX line.
MediaWiki must have been built with the math USE-flag enabled or the
necessary support executable will not be present.
You may also have to execute
$ texconfig dvips printcmd -
if you have not configured tetex before.
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All was fine, I went to the config page and set everything up there, however when I tried to view the Front page by visiting http://localhost/mediawiki// I recieve an error message telling me the connection to fisher.home was refused (fisher is the entry in /etc/hostname, and the domain I configured to be .home).
Can anyone suggest why this might be? The loopback interface is up...
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ifconfig lo
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:163178 (159.3 Kb) TX bytes:163178 (159.3 Kb)
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Is it possible that ports need to be explicitly open fir the lo interface?
Thank in advance for any pointers,
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PaulBredbury
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Does your Linux firewall block local access? It is common to have an iptables rule at the start, which says:
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slackline
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:48 am Post subject: |
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I've not played with the iptables at all, I've left them as per install (and updates after dispatch-conf), I have a router that I've configured for security (although I should probably also lock down the comp as well).
There is no mention of the loopback interface in /etc/init.d/iptables under any guise at all (no reference to 127.0.0.1/loopback/lo).
Let me know if I should post any more info.
Thanks,
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PaulBredbury
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What is the output of this, which shows the current iptables ruleset:
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Hiya PaulBredbury,
Thanks for replying. The output is...
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# iptables -L -n
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
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So I'm guesing I don't really have any iptables in place?
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:37 am Post subject: |
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| At least iptables isn't the problem. But the problem could be any of apache, mediawiki or mysql I suppose. |
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