I have set up wiki which can only be read by logged in users, by setting: $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['move'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['edit'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['upload'] = true; However, a non logged in user visiting any page raises an error, and this appears to call:- function returnToMain( $auto = true, $returnto = NULL ) which contains a 10 second refresh (on the the main page) with the notice *** Login Required You must login to view other pages. Return to Main Page. *** $wgOut->addMeta( 'http:Refresh', '10;url=' . $titleObj->escapeFullURL() ); } I have set the refresh to 600 seconds to reduce server load. This Wiki is on the Internet (that is not an intranet). Any other thoughts or suggestions? Regards, Gordo -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///