[task] INSTALL file: root access confusion
Anonymous <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:20:08 +0100
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Project: User experience Version: <none> Component: documentation Category: tasks Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: Dries Updated by: Anonymous -Status: fixed +Status: closed Automatically closed due to inactivity (marked fixed for 14 days). Anonymous Previous comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 20, 2003 - 20:11 : Dries The INSTALL file mentions "root" which makes people think that root access is a requirement to run Drupal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 20, 2003 - 21:07 : [email protected] Patch for_review/0005.slavica.INSTALL.patch in my sandbox improves the wording in this section and removes the mention of "root" in the examples. -- Slavica ------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 20, 2003 - 22:12 : ax The INSTALL file also mentions "$ mysqladmin -u" and "mysql -u" which makes people think that shell access is a requirement to install drupal. it isn't - you can do the same with any database gui like, for example, phpMyAdmin. we should either generalize the database instructions (a la "create the db and import database.mysql. see your mysql|phpMyAdmin|whatever manual for instructions"), or include instructions for phpMyAdmin. slavica - where is your patch? can't find it ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 20, 2003 - 23:49 : Dries I agree with Ax. Now we are about to support other databases like PostgreSQL and (hopefully) MSSQL, limiting the instructions to MySQL is somewhat moot. Maybe we can say something along these lines: If you are using MySQL, you can create the database using 'mysqladmin' and import the database using 'mysql'. For more information, please consult the MySQL manual at ... bla bla. If you are using PostgreSQL, you can ... bla bla If you don't have shell access you can use ... bla bla ------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 21, 2003 - 05:01 : [email protected] I agree. I was just addressing the specific problem in the bug report -- root access is not required. There are many places in the documentation which need this kind of improvement. -- Slavica ------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 10, 2003 - 22:03 : [email protected] The original issue has been fixed. -- View: http://drupal.org/node/view/2032 Edit: http://drupal.org/project/comments/add/2032 -- [ Drupal user list | http://list.drupal.org/ ] [ http://lists.drupal.org/options/drupal-user/gcpdu-drupal-user%40gmane.org ]