On Jul 5, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Guillaume Fenollar
<guillaume.fenollar(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
Hi,
If I understand correctly, this should happen (= no DW, no data into DB)
only if the first visitor of the wiki clicked on "Cancel" at wiki
installation through DW, right?
I would prefer not to vote for any solution that ask for a xwiki.cfg
modification! IMO, having a new user to edit this file is like a regression
in the ease of use.
Why don't we force showing the Distribution Wizard at XWiki's startup (
&&
only if DB is empty)? If one wants to install a xar manually, he still can
click on cancel, and import the .xar with superadmin, but let's face it :
it will be a very low amount of users.
Again you do get the DW the first time, it always worked like this.
Please guys try things before stating unexisting issues.
ok cool I didn't know that. Sorry about sending a false proposal. So I guess it means
there's already a check for empty DB since when the DB is not empty the DW only
appears when you're logged in with a user with admin rights.
So now what remains how is to understand Pablo's problem and the issue Danilo said he
faced when installing XWiki too.
Danilo can you explain precisely what you did and what problem you faced? Because if you
follow the normal procedure here's what happens:
* you install XWiki
* you start XWiki
* the distribution wizard appears
* you follow the wizard
* the wizard installs all the pages including an admin user (Admin/admin)
* when the wizard exists you can log in using Admin/admin
Now, if you cancel or skip the distribution wizard you'll have an empty wiki and no
admin user installed.
Thanks
-Vincent
> 2013/7/4 Danilo Amaral de Oliveira
<danilo.oliveira(a)energisa.com.br>
>
>> Hello Vincent,
>>
>> As new user, I faced this problem... I have installed the empty wiki and
>> it wasn't very easy to understand how to use the super admin. There was not
>> a easy documentation about the super admin account, so that I put an advice
>> in the xwiki documentation. But I guess that the solution 1 is enough to
>> solve the problem if you know that has a super admin and how to turn on its.
>>
>> See you.
>>
>> Danilo Amaral de Oliveira
>> Engenheiro Trainee
>> GerĂȘncia Corporativa de Infraestrutura de TI
>>
>> Minas Gerais
>> (0xx32) 9111-6867
>>
>>
>> -----Mensagem original-----
>> De: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] Em nome de
>> Vincent Massol
>> Enviada em: quinta-feira, 4 de julho de 2013 15:49
>> Para: XWiki Users
>> Assunto: Re: [xwiki-users] [Proposal] Improving first-time installs of
>> XWiki (was Re: RES: Problems with login-xwiki + ubuntu 12.04)
>>
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I really don't understand what you are talking about here.
>>>
>>> When the database is empty you get Distribution Wizard which install
>>> you default UI.
>>
>> Only if you're logged in!
>>
>> And when you install the WAR your DB is empty and there's no user so you
>> have to edit xwiki.cfg and set the superadmin user.
>>
>> That's the problem everyone is having now in 5.x when they install using
>> the WAR.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>
>> wrote:
>>>> It's been several emails that I see on this topic from users
>> unfortunately. I think It's almost impossible for a new user to understand
>> by themselves that they have to edit xwik.cfg's superadmin password and
>> restart their wiki. Thus I believe we need to improve the XWiki install
>> process. I'm proposing 2 solutions.
>>>>
>>>> Solution 1
>>>> ========
>>>>
>>>> I'm proposing something very simple for now:
>>>> * If the database is empty and no user is logged in then always display
>> an information box when accessing the first page of the wiki in view mode.
>> If we restart the wiki then again the first page accessed in view mode will
>> display the information (if the user is not logged in).
>>>> * In this information box, we explain that the admin has to edit the
>> xwiki.cfg file, set a password and restart XWiki and that he'll then get a
>> wizard to install default wiki pages and extensions.
>>>>
>>>> Solution 2
>>>> ========
>>>>
>>>> In the future, it would be nice to have a new step in the
>>>> Distribution Wizard so that if the database is empty then the
>>>> Distribution Wizard appears and asks the user to select a password
>>>> for the superadmin user, persists it and logs the user as superadmin
>>>> so that he goes to step 2 of the Distribution Wizard
>>>>
>>>> Or maybe we should go directly for solution 2?
>>>>
>>>> WDYT?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -Vincent
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Danilo Amaral de Oliveira <
>> danilo.oliveira(a)energisa.com.br> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Pablo,
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess that you have installed the empty xwiki. I faced this
problem
>> too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try to edit the xwiki.cfg document inside the Web-Inf folder and
>> activate the superadmin user. Take of the # comment of the line, the
>> default pass is "system".
>>>>> After that, login and try to import the default XAR archive to the
>> xwiki. You can download the default xar archive from the
xwiki.org site.
>>>>> Then you will can login with default Admin user.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't forget to comment again the superadmin user.
>>>>>
>>>>> Saludos,
>>>>>
>>>>> Danilo Amaral de Oliveira
>>>>> Engenheiro Trainee
>>>>> GerĂȘncia Corporativa de Infraestrutura de TI
>>>>>
>>>>> Minas Gerais
>>>>> (0xx32) 9111-6867
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>>>> De: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] Em nome
>>>>> de pablocabrol Enviada em: quinta-feira, 4 de julho de 2013 11:31
>>>>> Para: users(a)xwiki.org
>>>>> Assunto: Re: [xwiki-users] Problems with login-xwiki + ubuntu 12.04
>>>>>
>>>>> We are using Admin /admin and is not working, thanks.