On 10/29/08, André Meunier ameunier@ulg.ac.be wrote:
I've disabled the createaccount option, using the line "$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;" within the LocalSettings.php file, yet I've managed to create an account by going to the 'Create account' page on the login page.
Is that normal?
Well if you already have an account you can *procreate* other accounts (as sock-puppets or accounts to give to other people). To stop this you can use:
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createaccount'] = false; // etc. etc.
You can double-check at [[Special:Listgrouprights]] and make sure no other groups still have the privilege "create new user accounts" or more likely "créer de nouveaux comptes utilisateur".
—C.W.