Title: Setting up document root
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Setting up document root

 *  [drdaveg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drdaveg/)
 * (@drdaveg)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-document-root/)
 * My essential problems are getting the admin console up and running and setting
   up a document root, but there may be problems with my install – given the symptoms
   below.
 * I’ve installed 2.8.3 with PHP 4.3.1 and MySQL 5. I can get the install program
   to run, but when I was use it one seeming issue is that it is not processing 
   passwords correctly (so a blank had to be used).
 * After the install, when I login or try to bring up the wp-admin page, I get redirected
   with a
 * ?step=2
 * as part of the URL, and my regular web site’s home page is displayed. So I moved
   the WordPress files to a subdirectory under the PHP files (i.e., /phpscripts/
   <director>/wordpress/…
 * and I still get my web page coming up when I try to login or get to the administrative
   console.
 * Thanks for any help you can offer!

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## Tags

 * [document_root](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/document_root/)
 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)

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 * Last reply from: [drdaveg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drdaveg/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-document-root/)
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