Hi.
My apologies if this is an old problem - I wasn't able to find a solution in
the archives.
I have installed MediaWiki 1.6.10 because it doesn't require PHP 5.0 (my
host still has version 4.42), and set it to require user login to edit, by
having this in LocalSettings.php:
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
The problem is, when someone tries to log in, they get the error:
"Login error: UHMFSwiki uses cookies to log in users. You have cookies
disabled. Please enable them and try again."
The error is spurious - the user is actually logged in - but is very
effective at discouraging edits!! The error appears even if the user has
cookies enabled.
I found some bugzilla (3990) and mediawiki-l archive postings that sound
similar. However, they say the solution is to disable session.auto_start in
php.ini, and it is already disabled in my set up.
Any advice welcome! My apologies if this is a well-known issue with an
obvious solution.
Kim.