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Restrict account creation






[edit] Pre-1.5








MediaWiki version:

1.4

and before






# Prevent new user registrations except by sysops
$wgWhitelistAccount = array ( "user" => 0, "sysop" => 1, "developer" => 1 );




or






# Prevent new user registrations by anyone
$wgWhitelistAccount = array ( "user" => 0, "sysop" => 0, "developer" => 0 );






[edit] 1.5 upwards








MediaWiki version:

1.5

and after






# Prevent new user registrations except by sysops
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;




Note: You can use the ConfirmAccount extension if you want to set up an account confirmation queue. (If not you may still proceed as follows.)




Note: New users will still be able to be created by sysops, in the following manner:





1. Go to [[Special:Userlogin]], when logged in as a sysop.
2. Click on "Create an account" to get to the account creation form.
3. Enter a username and an email address, and click the "by email" button. Note need $wgEnableEmail=true or else the sysop must pick a password and send it to the user.
4. The account will be created with a random password which is then emailed to the given address.





It may be appropriate to edit the text displayed when a non-user attempts to log in. This can be done at [[MediaWiki:Nosuchuser]], when logged in as a sysop. Use plain text without any special formatting, as the formatting is ignored and the text is literally rendered.




To prevent even sysops from creating accounts:






# Prevent new user registrations by anyone
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createaccount'] = false;

Restrict editing of all pages

Users will still be able to read pages with these modifications, and they can view the source by using Special:Export/Article name or other methods (see also bug 1859).

[edit] Pre-1.5

# Disable anonymous editing
$wgWhitelistEdit = true;

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