From: Prodos (Melbourne, Australia)

Good afternoon.

I've set up my MediaWiki script to prevent new user registration. As I understand it, I should still be able to add users by logging in as Admin and going to [[Special:Userlogin]]

However, when I try this I get an error message.

DETAILS ....

I've followed the instructions at:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access

i.e.

- - - In order to prevent new user registrations, the following line could be added to the LocalSettings.php file: $wgWhitelistAccount = array ( "sysop" => 1, "developer" => 1 ); - - -

And then it says:

- - - Note: New users will still be able to be created by sysops, in the following manner:

Go to [[Special:Userlogin]], when logged in as a sysop. Enter a username and an email address, and click the "by email" button. The account will be created with a random password which is then emailed to the given address. - - -

But that's where I'm running into problems.

I'm logged in as Admin (which I assume includes all the permissions of SySop, right?)

I go to:

http://www.mydomain.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin

The heading says:

Create an account or log in

I fill out the fields along these lines ....

Your user name: typicalmalechauvinist

Your password: ultracleverhardtoguesspassword

Retype password: ultracleverhardtoguesspassword

Your email*: typicalmalechauvinist@mydomain.org

Your real name*: Typical M Chauvinist

I click the "by email" button

And then I get red coloured text at the top of the form which says:

"You have not specified a valid user name."

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any assistance on this.

Best Wishes,

PRODOS

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