[Mediawiki-l] Permissions

Thu Dec 22 02:24:12 UTC 2005

// Only SysOp (Admin) can create accounts -
   $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mauro do Carmo" <mauro at carmo.ws>
To: "'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'" 
<mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:16 PM
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Permissions


> Hi ALL,
>
> My Projet tends to use open editing philosophy to every one. However, I 
> want
> to do that gradually.
>
> For now, I have restricted the editing option to only registered members 
> by
> adding this $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit']=false;
>
> I am looking for restricting the access to create a new account, as
> instance, as we can see in this address :
> http://baoc.org/wiki?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=Welcome .
>
> I've tried to make some changes in Special:Userlogin.php, but always with 
> no
> success. I always get a blank page.
>
> So, here goes my question: How can I change Special:Userloing in order to
> get a page with just two box: name & password?
>
> It seems very simple, but not for me. If you could even let me know which
> block of code I have to take off, I would really appreciate.
>
> Thanks, mauro.
>
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