[Mediawiki-l] error with createaccount=false

[Platonides]

Steven Settlemyre wrote:
> 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

Seems you're having problem with $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;

Add the login page in $wgWhitelistRead
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgWhitelistRead