Web install process for sqlite db does not adequately check permissions
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	Kop
	Jan 29 2025, 10:29 PM

Description

Version 1.43.0
Line 125 of includes/installer/SqliteInstaller.php is:

if ( !is_readable( $dir ) ) {

but $dir must be both readable and writable.

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Make the directory unwritable and watch the installer fail to create the sqlite db.

(Have I tried this, no. )

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
Not installed. 1.43.0 tarball.

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	installer: Check whether the data directory is writable	mediawiki/core	master	+1 -1

Change #1123091 had a related patch set uploaded (by Tim Starling; author: Tim Starling):

[mediawiki/core@master] installer: Check whether the data directory is writable

Change #1123091 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] installer: Check whether the data directory is writable