Gentoo Wiki:Developer Central/Getting started

Welcome to the Gentoo project! This page will help you get set up for using the Gentoo Wiki as a developer.

Registering an account
First of all, register for an account. It is a good idea to use your @gentoo.org email address. Confirm your email address by clicking the link sent to you.

Getting developer access
To edit pages in the Project: namespace, you need to be in the developers group. This information is managed via your LDAP profile. First, ssh into dev.gentoo.org

Then, edit your LDAP data via perl_ldap:

Replace Wiki username with your username in the Wiki, and dev_nick with your actual developer nickname.

After entering your password, you should see Modifying LDAP user dev_nick and done.

Now you need to wait for synchronization to happen. Wiki users are automatically synchronized with the Gentoo LDAP directory every 30 minutes.

Setting up your Wiki developer profile
For managing Gentoo Projects, you need to fill in a basic developer profile on the Wiki. Only then you can actually join a project.

To do that, enter your Wiki username, prefixed by "User:" (because that is your user page on the Wiki) below:

For example, if your Wiki username is Foo, enter "User:Foo" (without the quotes).

All done!
Now you are set up for using the Wiki.

Should you have any further questions regarding this site, you can always join our IRC channel #gentoo-wiki on irc.gentoo.org or email us at [mailto:wiki@gentoo.org wiki@gentoo.org].