Set the following in your LocalSettings.php to allow seeing the Login page when not logged in: $wgWhiteListRead = array ( "Special:Userlogin" ); You can add other pages into this array, such as "Wikipedia:Help", to allow the pages specified in the array to be seen when not logged in. -Jim -----Original Message----- From: Steven Settlemyre [mailto:settlemy@asel.udel.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:47 AM To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] error with createaccount=false I am trying to lock down my wiki site, but when I set $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; I can't even get to the login page. It says I must login to access that page (catch-22). I am using MediaWiki version 1.7.1. Thanks Steve _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Hmmm. Did you place this near the end of the LocalSettings.php file? Did you clear your browser cache or refresh the page? I am assuming your $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] set to "false"? -Jim -----Original Message----- From: Steven Settlemyre [mailto:settlemy@asel.udel.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:59 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] error with createaccount=false Still doesn't work... Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Sorry, my bad... The "L" should not be capitalized. Try: $wgWhitelistRead = array ( "Special:Userlogin" ); -Jim -----Original Message----- From: Steven Settlemyre [mailto:settlemy@asel.udel.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:12 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] error with createaccount=false refreshed and cleared cache. contents at end of LocalSettings.php: --- $wgWhiteListRead = array ( "Special:Userlogin" ); $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; I also tried it with whitelist statement after group perms, but no difference --- -Steve Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l