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Re: [Mediawiki-l] : Security, Login and Files in Images directory

Great! Thanks you for the information. I appreciate! Bye ! -Original Message- From: mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Lees Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:57 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] : Security, Login and Files in Images directory

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Pierre Labrecque wrote: > Now : if I copy this address and send it to a user that IS NOT loggued on > the wiki, he's able to open the file. He have direct access to the file, > without login to the wiki. > This is MediaWiki's standard behavior. If you want to rest

[Mediawiki-l] : Security, Login and Files in Images directory

Hi, I have a wiki where the users have to login to be able to access it. In the wiki, I upload files (like PDF file) and users click on a link to open the files... When they click on a link to a file (PDF, DOC... etc...), the address in the address bar looks like: http://wikiname/.some_stuff/

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MWSearchUpdater setup instructions?

Thanks! Also, thanks for suggesting the Extension:OAIRepository talk page, but it has the same question on it as mine, unanswered for 6 months. DanB -Original Message- Bah, those are quite old instructions.. you don't need any of those.. just install OAIRepository and run ./update .. I

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MWSearchUpdater setup instructions?

Bah, those are quite old instructions.. you don't need any of those.. just install OAIRepository and run ./update .. Include OAIRepository using only: @include( $IP.'/extensions/OAI/OAIRepo.php' ); And don't use any of the authentication and audit stuff unless you know what you're doing (or

[Mediawiki-l] Importing XML with restrictions tag

Hi, We've written a script that imports data from a non-wiki source into our wiki by transforming it to XML import files, and importing it with the importdump.php maintenance script. This all works very well, except that we would like to protect the imported pages. As specified in the help pag

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MWSearchUpdater setup instructions?

>You need to install OAIRepository, there is no other way to do incremental >updates. Thanks Robert. I tried installing OAIRepository at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAIRepository and got to the org.wikimedia.lsearch.ranks.RankBuilder step, which bombed out with " Could not find the

[Mediawiki-l] Problem with Tex

Hello, I have some problem with Tex when i change of version 1.10.2 (on windows) to the actual version (on Linux): 1 - The fonts size is more big : how can i reduce the size ? 2 - The transparence of math disappear : how can i put on ? Thanks you very much. Nicolas. ___

[Mediawiki-l] import users

Hello, I have again to import a lot of users. I have installed two extensions : MassUserImport and ImportUsers. The first one is the one that suits my needs the most. I need the possibility to import users without giving passwords, and the MassUserImport is great for that, as it sends an email to

[Mediawiki-l] Thumbnailing images from a website

Dear All, Is it possible to link a webpage and have that webpage thumb nailed as an image? I can add a link to a webpage but would like to see a thumbnail with the link. Thanks David This e-mail has been scanned for al