[Koha] Invalid username/password with web installer - original installation

[Matthew Sampson]

Hi Hugo,

Thanks for writing back. I've had my problem solved. Those commands are
really quick though and much better than the roundabout code I've been
using.

Many thanks!

Matthew

On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 18:18, Hugo Agud <hagud at orex.es> wrote:

> Hi
>
> For accessing web installer you should get the username and password from
> koha-conf.xml, there is a section tagged nysql...
>
> you can also get the password via sudo koha-passwd <<instance>>
>
> username koha_<<instance>>
>
>
> El jue., 29 ago. 2019 a las 0:57, Matthew Sampson (<
> matthew.b.sampson at gmail.com>) escribió:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm planning to use Koha 19.05 to set up a library management system for a
>> small library collection, as an independent project to make searching for
>> resources easier for the small group of users.
>>
>> On a computer running Ubuntu I've followed the basic instructions to
>> download Koha and the supporting software such as Apache2 and Perl. All
>> this seems to have gone well.
>>
>> When I get to the Koha 19.05 web installer on Firefox I'm not getting
>> anywhere with the username and password. I've tried *koha_kohadev* and
>> *password* based on the Koha Manual 19.05 documentation, plus
>> *koha_<libraryname>
>> *and the password retrieved through the terminal command *sudo xmlstarlet
>> sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/pass'
>> /etc/koha/sites/library/koha-conf.xml;echo*,
>> as according to Open School Solutions' installation guide.
>>
>> Whatever I do I seem to come up with this message above the web
>> installer: *Error:
>> Invalid username or password*
>>
>> In my research I've learned that Koha 19.05 doesn't permit logging in with
>> the database user and creating a superlibrarian patron is recommended.
>> I've
>> attempted to follow the steps at
>> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2018-May/050688.html but am
>> getting
>> a series of DBI connect failures in the terminal. I don't have library
>> codes or category codes set up (haven't cracked the web installer yet) so
>> maybe this has something to do with it?
>>
>> From the kohageek blog (
>>
>> http://kohageek.blogspot.com/2018/07/create-super-librarian-by-command-line.html
>> )
>> I get a different response after loading the environmental variables and
>> attempting to create the superlibrarian: *Can't locate Koha/Script.pm in
>> @INC (you may need to install the Koha::Script module)* and then an
>> explanation of what @INC contains.
>>
>> Any ideas? Any help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Matthew Sampson
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