Fedora specific installation notes
Mantis require a database to function; use the following steps to
configure mantis to work with MySQL:
1. install MySQL packages
yum install mysql-server
2. start MySQL server
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
WARNING: the default MySQL configuration has a "root" account with no password.
Please have a look to the MySQL documentation to add a proper password
and/or a separate account for mantis usage.
3. point your browser to:
https://localhost/mantis/admin/install.php
to create an empty DB.
WARNING: A DEFAULT ADMINISTRATOR level account is created. The account name
and password are administrator / root. Use this when you first login to
Mantis. Immediately go to Manage and create at least one administrator level
account. Immediately after that DISABLE or DELETE the administrator account.
You can recreate it but you should delete the account to prevent the
cookie_string from being used to trick the package. It would be even better
to rename the account or delete it permanently. REMEMBER: After setting up
the package, REMOVE the default administrator account.