Thanks both of you, I knew it was something close to that but wasnt 100%
sure on the permission name

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Jeremy Baron <jer...@tuxmachine.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:10 PM, chris tharp <tharpena...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone know away that all file uploads could be automatically
> > protected upon upload? So if someone tried to upload a photo with name
> > already used they couldn't overwrite it?
>
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads#Upload_permissions
> says:
> > The right to replace existing files is handled by an extra permission,
> called reupload:
> >
> > * To prevent normal users from overriding existing files:
> >   $wgGroupPermissions['user']['reupload'] = false;
> >
> > * To allow "autoconfirmed" (non-newbie) users to replace existing files:
> >   $wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['reupload'] = true;
> >
> > If a ForeignFileRepo is set, the right to replace those files locally is
> handled by an special permission, called reupload-shared:
> >
> > * To prevent normal users from overriding filerepo files locally:
> >   $wgGroupPermissions['user']['reupload-shared'] = false;
> >
> > * To allow "autoconfirmed" (non-newbie) users to replace filerepo files
> locally:
> >   $wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['reupload-shared'] = true;
>
> -Jeremy
>
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