[Mediawiki-l] anonymous access

[Helmut Schneider]

Helmut Schneider <jumper99 at gmx.de> wrote:

> I'm using the LDAP extension to control access which works fine. I would 
> like anonymous users to be able to see specific sites. From the web I
> found  the following snippets:
> 
> # This snippet prevents new registrations from anonymous users
> # (Sysops can still create user accounts)
> $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
> 
> # This snippet prevents editing from anonymous users
> $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
> 
> # Enable anonymous access to specific pages
> $wgWhitelistRead = array( "Main Page", "Special:Userlogin",
> "Help:Contents",  "-", "MediaWiki:Monobook.css" );
> $wgWhitelistRead = array( "Hauptseite", "Spezial:Userlogin", "-", 
> "MediaWiki:Monobook.css" );
> $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;
> 
> Unfortunately this doesn't work, the pages above still require a valid 
> login.
> 
> What do I have to set?

Dump noob question? RTFM? Should work as posted? Any reply is welcome...

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