Last modified: 2014-07-21 19:02:38 UTC
Hello, Mediawiki fails to install when my mysql root password is something like "12345678 " (sequence of 1 to 8 and two spaces). It might be some trim over the password input. If I change the password to something without spaces, it just works. Please, remove this restriction.
Looks like there's a trim() in WebInstaller::setVarsFromRequest which is the likely culprit. It does have some special handling for fields with 'password' in the name (I think to obfuscate them in the session data?), so perhaps we could move the trim() down to the non-password handling.
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In the mysql shell, run SET PASSWORD for 'user'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('whatever '); Entering that in the installer, it says "DB connection error: Access denied" Scrolling down, the "Database password" is one char shorter (my last char was a whitespace). After running SET PASSWORD for 'user'@'locahost' = PASSWORD('whatever'); the installer works. So this is still an issue in 1.22 git master of today.
Change 145859 had a related patch set uploaded by Taueres: WebInstaller::setVarsFromRequest() do not trim passwords https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/145859
Change 145859 merged by jenkins-bot: WebInstaller::setVarsFromRequest() do not trim passwords https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/145859
