[xwiki-dev] Cannot register new user.

Thu Feb 1 13:41:13 CET 2007

Vincent Massol wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> On Feb 1, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the quick reply. I have now discovered this is sort of my 
>> fault, although  some might say RTFM :-). My problem was that I did 
>> the install just as I had done previously with 0.9.840, rather than a 
>> detailed read of the instructions.
>>
>> I feel the following is not stressed sufficiently in the 
>> documentation, ie Administrators guide - Installation.
>> Following a succesful base install of Xwiki....
>>
>> a) It is essential to import the  file  xwiki-1.0-beta-3.xar
>> b) It is a good idea to import file  xwiki-application-panels.xar
>>
>
> I believe the documentation stresses that the easiest is to install 
> the standalone version of XWiki. This standalone version already 
> includes the default wiki and it's using a HSQL DB.
>
Yes. Good point. But I am well set up with mySql both for production and 
development which is why I started there. However, I could easily 
backtrack and use HSQLDB if you think it would improve my learning curve?
> Just one note: if you import the 1.0 beta 3 XAR file you won't need 
> the panels XAR as it's included in the former. The panels app XAR is 
> only required for users upgrading from an existing install and who 
> want to keep their exsiting pages.
OK. That was not clear to me.

So really the documentation should simply state somewhere.

For upgrading - download xwiki.WAR +  panels XAR
First Time users - download xwiki.WAR + xwiki.XAR
>
>> Having performed (a) it is now possibl to login as Admin, register 
>> new users and so on. Maybe there should be another section in the 
>> Administrators guide explaining what to do after the "blank" xwiki is 
>> installed.
>
> By "blank" wiki, I think you refer to what we call the "default" wiki, 
> i.e. the import of the 1.0 beta 3 XAR file, right?
>
Yes. Default is a better expression.
> What would you suggest to improve the documentation? What other topics 
> should be documented?
>
Well I shall let you know that as I move through my learning curve. ;-)
>> I am currently about to try to implement panels in my application and 
>> I dont really know where to start.
>
> Yep that's missing and we need it. I believe it should be documented 
> on the Panels doc page on 
> http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Code/PanelsApplication.
>
I shall have a look there
> Once you figure it out, it would be nice if you could edit that page 
> and improve the existing documentation. It's a wiki after all and 
> everyone is most welcome to contribute :)
>
>> But so far I am most impressed with the new Xwiki
>>
>
> Cool, I'm glad you like it :)
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>>
>> Vincent Massol wrote:
>>>
>>> On Jan 31, 2007, at 1:56 PM, stephendturner at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am a New user.
>>>> I have some previous experience with 0.9.840.
>>>> Just installed Xwiki 1.0 beta3 (requiring upgraded to java5)
>>>> The sql database is xwiki, user xwiki, pasword xwiki as before
>>>> Everything seems to work OK and I can edit content.
>>>> I have imported Panels, nothing else.
>>>>
>>>> I have "Log-in", "Register", "Administration", "En" in the top 
>>>> right BUT ...
>>>>
>>>> I cannot login as Admin - password "admin"
>>>
>>> That's because you probably don't have an Admin user with that 
>>> password in your database... That would be normal if you have only 
>>> imported the Panels.
>>>
>>>> I cannot register a new user
>>>
>>> That's not normal... It needs to be fixed. Could you please a JIRA 
>>> issue about this please? (http://jira.xwiki.org)
>>>
>>>> When I try to register I just get a login screen.
>>>>
>>>> Under Administration I can get to the "Users and groups" where it 
>>>> says ...
>>>
>>> I'm not sure about this. I need to do some research because I think 
>>> that you shouldn't be able to see the Administration link if you're 
>>> not logged in...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can currently edit users using the wiki on the users page. (I 
>>>> can't)
>>>> You can currently edit groups using the wiki on the groups page. (I 
>>>> can't)
>>>>
>>>> But if I go to those pages I can see nothing and do not see how to 
>>>> add users.
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have you started with 1.0 beta 3 but with an empty database and only 
>>> imported the Panels? If so then it's normal you're having problems 
>>> because your wiki is missing all required pages and users so you can 
>>> only log in as a superuser (that's the user defined in xwiki.cfg).
>>>
>>> Note: As I said above I don't know why you can access the 
>>> Administration page when you're starting with an empty wiki. I think 
>>> it would be better to only allow access to the superuser in that 
>>> case. Sergiu, Ludovic: can you shed some light on this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> -Vincent
>>>
>>>
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