[Mediawiki-l] v1.10.1 - Namespace Protection

[Jason Spirko]

I thought the new version of MediaWiki provides namespace protection which
is supposed to define who is able to edit a namespace. Am I just
misunderstanding the purpose of this?

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespaceProtection

In regards to the code below, should I be able to make a separate PHP file
and call it from LocalSettings.php?

Thanks again!

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Jason Spirko
Systems Administrator
Xoran Technologies


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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] v1.10.1 - Namespace Protection

Jason Spirko wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> Can somebody please explain how the namespace protection works in 
> v1.10 and how to implement it?
You need an extension to protect per namespace, thus the method used will
greatly vary with the extension chosen.


> I have several namespaces defined in my LocalSettings.php (see code
below).
> I want to be able to create user groups for each namespace and allow only
> that group associated with the namespace (and sysops of course) permission
> to edit pages (still allow others to read).
> 
> 	#
> 	# Custom Namespaces
> 	#
> 
> 	$wgExtraNamespaces =
> 	array(100 => "CSE",101 => "CSE_talk",
> 	102 => "IT",103 => "IT_talk",
> 	104 => "MarCom",105 => "MarCom_talk",
> 	106 => "OPS",107 => "OPS_talk",
> 	108 => "Sales",109 => "Sales_talk",
> 	);
> 
> 	#
> 	# End Custom Namespaces
> 	#
> 
 > Also, is there a way to allow a specific user group read permission 
to only
 > the main namespace and an additional namespace (ex. only Main & Sales)?
 >

Grant everybody else a permission to read the other namespaces.

> I just need to be pointed in the right direction. I've read the meta pages
> and I guess I just don't understand...



Your could use a code like this:

$wgPrivateNamespaces = array();
$wgHooks['userCan'][] = 'wfCheckNamespace';


function wfCheckNamespace( $title, $user, $action, &$result) {
     global $wgPrivateNamespaces;
     if ( $action == 'read' ) {
     if ( in_array( $title->getNamespace(), $wgPrivateNamespacesRead ) ) {
         if ( !$user->isAllowed( $wgPrivateNamespacesRead[
                 $title->getNamespace() ] ) ) {
             $result = false;
             return false;
         }
     }
     } else
     if ( in_array( $title->getNamespace(), $wgPrivateNamespaces ) ) {
         if ( !$user->isAllowed( $wgPrivateNamespaces[
                 $title->getNamespace() ] ) ) {
             $result = false;
             return false;
         }
     }
     }
     return true;
}


$wgPrivateNamespaces[100] = 'editCSE';
$wgPrivateNamespaces[101] = 'editCSE';
$wgPrivateNamespaces[102] = 'editIT';
$wgPrivateNamespaces[103] = 'editIT';
$wgPrivateNamespaces[104] = 'editMarCom';
...

$wgGroupPermissions['CSE']['editCSE'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['IT']['editIT'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['MarCom']['editMarCom'] = true;
...

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editCSE'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editIT'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editMarCom'] = true;

...


//Restrict reading of CSE, IT, MarCom and OPS (and talk) namespaces
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[100] = 'readMoreNamespaces';
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[101] = 'readMoreNamespaces';
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[102] = 'readMoreNamespaces';
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[103] = 'readMoreNamespaces';
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[104] = 'readMoreNamespaces';
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[105] = 'readMoreNamespaces';
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[106] = 'readMoreNamespaces';
$wgPrivateNamespacesRead[107] = 'readMoreNamespaces';


//to read them you need to be registered
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['readMoreNamespaces']            = true;



I practically copied PrivateNamespaces extension by amidaniel. Use at 
your own risk. If you know a bit of PHP, you should be able to customize 
it to do whatever you want.


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