Hello,
We are running a private wiki (MW version 1.24.1) so that anonymous
users get no rights, and logged in users get the 'user' group rights.
However, we have also set in the LocalSettings file:
$wgAutopromote['editor'] = array(APCOND_INGROUPS, 'autoconfirmed');
and set various permissions for this group.
Additionally we have set :
$wgAutopromote['sysop'] = array(APCOND_ISIP, '141.163.4.11');
However, when I log in and look at the special user rights management
page for my own userid, I see that I am in no specific group except for
the implied group of 'autoconfirmed users' and Administrators. There are
checkboxes for the Administrators, Bureaucrats and 'editor' groups, but
none of them are ticked. If I tick a checkbox, and then click save, it
says the setting has been saved but unchecks the checkbox again.
Secondly, and more worryingly, is that if I log in using the
141.163.4.11 IP address, and look at the special user rights page, it
shows everyone as being in the 'Administrators' (sysop) group! If I take
out the autopromote from the LocalSettings file, then no-one (other than
the original account created during installation) is shown as being in
the Administrators group. Very strange.
So, two things, why can we not set anyone in a group on the user rights
management page, and why does the autopromote put everyone in the
Administrators/sysop group?
Thanks,
John.
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John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287
Plymouth University, UK