Maniphest T85281

Unable to install MediaWiki via web installer if mysql user has empty password
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	Nikerabbit
	Dec 24 2014, 3:59 PM

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	F195014: Screenshot 2015-07-17 08.32.28.png
	Jul 17 2015, 1:34 PM

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In the "Connect to database" step, if I leave the password field blank, the installer refuses to continue and says Please enter a password for the new database user: root. While it may be possible to create users with no passwords, it is not secure. which is obviously wrong as we are not creating new user from this info.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Don't break installation when the local db root user has no password	mediawiki/core	master	+3 -24

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned In: rMW183bd8309a6f: Don't break installation when the local db root user has no password
Mentioned Here: rMW0cf4e92decfe: Error Msg for missing db username & password when installing
T61663: Installer says wrong message when DB username is not given during install
T45528: Non-friendly error message if user supplies wrong database password during install

Event Timeline

This was observed on latest master.

Glaisher subscribed.Dec 24 2014, 4:06 PM

Nemo_bis subscribed.Dec 24 2014, 9:43 PM

Introduced in 0cf4e92d for T45528 / T61663.

Aklapper triaged this task as Lowest priority.Dec 29 2014, 5:53 PM

Aklapper added a project: good first task.

Inchikutty subscribed.Jan 13 2015, 3:57 PM

Albertcoder subscribed.Mar 14 2015, 9:52 AM

Yep, this is kinda annoying for quick test servers.

Screenshot 2015-07-17 08.32.28.png (1×1 px, 220 KB)

Change 225316 had a related patch set uploaded (by Brion VIBBER):
Don't break installation when the local db root user has no password

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/225316

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 17 2015, 1:45 PM

Change 225316 merged by jenkins-bot:
Don't break installation when the local db root user has no password

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/225316

• brion mentioned this in rMW183bd8309a6f: Don't break installation when the local db root user has no password.Jul 17 2015, 4:02 PM

Nemo_bis closed this task as Resolved.Jul 17 2015, 4:15 PM

Nemo_bis added a project: MW-1.26-release.

Nemo_bis set Security to None.

• Forrestbot added a project: WMF-deploy-2015-07-21_(1.26wmf15).Jul 17 2015, 5:00 PM