[Mediawiki-l] How to secure new wiki?

Sat Jan 29 16:57:39 UTC 2005

Try these pages:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Setting_user_rights_in_MediaWiki#Configuring_access_restrictions_to_your_wiki
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access

-- Zigger

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:39:58 +0000 (UTC), Rusty Shackleford wrote:
> I've read this page:
> 
>     http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Security
> 
> but I'd like to know how to require editors to log in first, and how to
> disable account creation.
> 
> Also, I'm not sure how to disable running PHP scripts in any directories
> except the script directories.  Can I just copy this ato the end of my
> httpd.conf file and then reboot the server:
> 
> <Location "/wiki/images">
>  php_admin_flag engine off
>  AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml
> </Location>
> 
> All related comments on how to secure a wiki are welcome.
> ...