Scripto Unknown login error: Failed

Omeka Classic Plugins
#1

Hi everyone,

I’ve seen that there are a few posts on this topic but as they’re all a few years old and none of those fixes are working, I thought I’d ask again!

I’ve installed Scripto and MediaWiki correctly, but when I try to log in I get “Unknown login error: Failed”. I’ve changed the settings so that anonymous users can contribute and that works, but I can’t sign in.

I’ve seen info about changing the MediaWiki cookie prefix field but I’ve tried every variation (my database name is dickenss_mw1 and I’ve tried dickenss_mw1, dickenss_mw1_, dickenss_mw1_mw, dickenss_mw1_mw_) and it still isn’t working. Is there something else obvious it might be?

It’s Scripto 2.4 and MediaWiki 1.35.1 (and Omeka 2.7.1).

Thanks for any help you can offer!

#2

That’s odd. I cannot reproduce the error when using identical versions of the software. Are you sure you’re using the right credentials? Are your MediaWiki tables in a shared database or do they have a prefix? If so, try <dbname>_<dbprefix> as your cookie prefix. The logic for cookie prefix is here.

#3

Thanks for replying! It’s still not working, but honestly my technical know-how is pretty low so I may be doing something simple wrong. Are the steps below what should work?

I went to LocalSettings.php in the wiki directory and looked for $wgDBname and $wgDBprefix. The values are:
$wgDBname = “dickenss_mw1”;
and
$wgDBprefix = “mw_”;

So what I should be entering in the field in the MediaWiki cookie prefix field on the Scripto plugin page in the Omeka dashboard is:

dickenss_mw1_mw_

Is that right?

ETA: yes, I checked my MediaWiki login and password so those are definitely correct.

#4

I would expect dickenss_mw1_mw_ or perhaps dickenss_mw1_mw to work. Look for $wgSharedDB and $wgSharedPrefix. If they exist, try <wgSharedDB>_<wgSharedPrefix>. Otherwise, there’s something else wrong. You mention that you “changed the settings so that anonymous users can contribute.” What settings did you change?

#5

There are no $wgSharedDB and $wgSharedPrefix fields in the file, and it still doesn’t work with dickenss_mw1_mw_ or dickenss_mw1_mw

I changed the two $wgGroupPermissions at the bottom (edit and createpage) to true (this was only after getting the above error, in an effort to make it useable even without signing in)

#6

Can you successfully log in to your actual MediaWiki site?

Try logging in after removing all custom changes that you made to LocalSettings.php.

Unfortunately, I’m running out of solutions.