[Mediawiki-l] Makesysop extension (steward)

[Gary Kirk]

Oh hold on. How do I make myself in to part of the group "stewards"?

On 06/09/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK, in wiki1 where Makesysop is installed and shares the DB username and
> password I have:
> $wgLocalDatabases = array('gkirk_mwSVN' => 'garykirk');
> where gkirk_mwSVN is the name of the database of wiki2.
> On wiki1 at Special:Makesysop I type Test2 at garykirk and get:
>
> *User rights for "Test2 at garykirk" could not be set. (Did you enter the
> name correctly?)*
>
>
>  On 06/09/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/09/07, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org > wrote:
> > >
> > > Gary Kirk wrote:
> > > > I don't understand how this works with $wgLocalDatabases in order to
> > > set
> > > > user rights on other wikis I operate. Is there a step-by-step guide
> > > and
> > > > preequisites? Does the database username and password have to be the
> > > same on
> > > > all? Does the Makesysop extension need to be installed on all wikis?
> > > > Please help if you can.
> > >
> > > It's a bit of a freaky hack, so it's not well documented. :)
> > >
> > > Roughly...
> > >
> > > * Database username and password should be the same.
> > > * Avoid using table prefixes, they probably would explode.
> > > * List all controllable database names in $wgLocalDatabases array.
> >
> >
> > - the value listed in $wgDBname in the other wiki's LocalSettings.php?
> >
> > * If not all databases are on the same server, add entries to
> > > $wgAlternateMaster indicating which dbs are on which hosts.
> > > * Makesysop extension should be enabled at least available at a master
> > > location, but doesn't necessarily have to be everywhere.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org )
> > >
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Gary Kirk