[Mediawiki-l] Special:Confirmemail Permissions Denied when $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false; - Repost?

[Jack D. Pond]

Just to clean this up and document for future users, this was an IO error
(idiot operator)

The answer is already documented in:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access#Preventing_access_to_all_pa
ges_for_non-validated_users

It requires a hack to the title.php file

Jack D. Pond
CIO, Montgomery County, PA
 
"Partnerships are the basis for success." -- Neal Prescot Washington

>I've locked down a wiki to allow only logged in users for almost all
functions, but would like to allow a new user to self register (subject to
>"approved" status via email as facilitated by the Rob Church (THANKS!)
extension NewUserNotif.  The user can go in and create a new user login, but
when >they go to confirm the email address, the following error is shown: