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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Protect tab not working the way I expected
From: Platonides <Platonides () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-07-30 22:49:15
Message-ID: i2vko1$mht$1 () dough ! gmane ! org
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Michael Kingery (HL7) wrote:
> Here's the basic information about my install:
>
> MediaWiki 1.12.0
> PHP 5
> Database MySQL
>
> What I'm looking to do is to allow any user with edit permissions to be
> able to Protect a page so that only Sysops are able to edit / unprotect
> it. To do this I turned on the Protect tab with the following code in
> the LocalSettings.php file:
>
> # Only allow users and sysops to protect a page
> $wgGroupPermissions['*']['protect'] = false;
> $wgGroupPermissions['user']['protect'] = true;
> $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['protect'] = true;
>
> The Protect tab does show up now, and you can protect a page, but when
> ANYONE with edit privileges goes to edit they are able to do so
> regardless of unprotecting the page or being a sysop. When editing, it
> does show the following message, but lets you edit and save anyways:
>
> WARNING: This page has been locked so that only users with sysop
> privileges can edit it.
>
> Any thoughts?
First thought: You are using an insecure mediawiki version released more
than two years old. There have been four major versions since.
Second one: The protect right allows you to protect a page, unprotect a
page and edit protected pages.
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