Since you don't want sharing between wikis, there are a few ways to do this:

1) Write a custom userCan hook extension that integrates your wiki's group membership with article titles, etc 2) Make separate namespaces and apply permissions accordingly 3) Set up one MediaWiki install to host multiple wikis using includes/SiteConfiguration.php and virtual sub-domains

Don't underestimate the flexibility of the userCan hook. You could even use it to deny access to specific articles that belong to a certain category. However, if you rely on per-namespace, per-category, etc security limitations, you can always have end-users screw everything up. The most secure way is completely separate wikis. includes/SiteConfiguration.php can help you set up a wiki farm with MediaWiki.

Gregory Szorc gregory.szorc@gmail.com

On 6/12/06, Gilad Ravid gilad@ravid.org wrote:

Hi,

We use wikis (media wiki) in academic courses.

We have doubts regard the wiki configuration.

Currently we install separate wiki for each course (around 10 courses, no sharing between the courses, need to implement different security scheme to each course).

We are looking for more scalable solution.

Do you think we shall continue with separate installation? different namespace for each course? Use categories? other ideas?

Thanks for your help

Gilad

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