Hi, You have such options in your LocalSettings.php: #$wgEmailConfirmToEdit = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; => account creation is decided only by request to me ;) $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; => protect non authenticated users to edit pages $wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = true; => but allow logged in users to edit. # Disable reading by anonymous users #$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false; => protect non authenticated user to read pages, but causes troubles when you access the wiki just before loggin in It's just a few options I'm actually using, you can be much more precise while configuring rights for your mediawiki: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Just check those configuration settings whose description looks like what you wan't to do. Regards Jules 2009/3/6 Alfredo De La Fe <delafe(a)imperialcoins.com>