Since it sound like you *know* who will be editing, the easiest way to do this is set the wiki to read only without account

In localsettings.php set this. If not already there copy over from defaultsettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions ['*']['edit']=false

Then you create user login for those who can edit.

If you need login abilities to everyone then you could change the level that gets to edit .. again using $wgGroupPermissions

DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation PICK Guy 206-770-5585 davesigafoos@sanmar.com

-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Robert Fischer Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:16 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Write Permission Limitations [was Re: Wiki-widePassword?]

I suppose I should back up and explain what functionality I really need.

I'd like the wiki to be world-readable, but I need to limit who can edit

pages. This is a blanket statement: only very certain users should be able to do any editing at all.

Robert Fischer IT Firefighter Smokejumper Consulting

jdd wrote:

Robert Fischer wrote:

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What would be the easiest way to implement a wiki-wide password like pbWiki has?

https://coworking.pbwiki.com/FrontPage?login=1

use .htaccess?

jdd

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Robert Fischer wrote:

Thank you very much!

Robert Fischer IT Firefighter Smokejumper Consulting

Dave Sigafoos wrote:

...

Since it sound like you *know* who will be editing, the easiest way to do this is set the wiki to read only without account

In localsettings.php set this. If not already there copy over from defaultsettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions ['*']['edit']=false

Then you create user login for those who can edit.

You also need to set $wgGroupPermissions ['*']['create']=false so anonymous users can't create an account for themselves an account and start editing. Sysops will be able to create accounts for others.