Recent changes to 2978: [4.3.1] $DBUSER == 'root' --> site_unavailable

#2978 [4.3.1] $DBUSER == 'root' --> site_unavailable

Gerry Kroll — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:30:58 -0000

assigned_to: Gerry Kroll

[4.3.1] $DBUSER == 'root' --> site_unavailable

mswietlicki — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:56:56 -0000

In session.php there is a line of code:

if (empty($DBUSER) || $DBUSER == 'root') {
    $databasePresent = false;
} else {

because of this if you are doing new installation (specially with sqlite) and you leave $DBUSER = "root" or $DBUSER = "" (as is ignored by sqlite anyway) you will be met with site_unavailable message without any details.

I spend half a day and needed to debug the source code to find out why this is happening!
UI does not tell you anything!

Fix should remove this check and allow "root" and "" user names (specialy on sqlite) or force user to pick different name during setup.

Thanks

[4.3.1] $DBUSER == 'root' --> site_unavailable

mswietlicki — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:56:56 -0000

Ticket 2978 has been modified: [4.3.1] $DBUSER == 'root' --> site_unavailable
Edited By: Gerry Kroll (canajun2eh)
Owner updated: None => 'canajun2eh'