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{{Extension<br />
| status = stable<br />
| type = user rights<br />
| description = Restrict permissions by category and group<br />
| username = Sophivorus<br />
| update = 2021-12-13<br />
| download = {{WikimediaDownload}}<br />
| needs-updatephp = No<br />
| example = [https://www.appropedia.org/Category:Medical_Makers_Private]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''CategoryLockdown''' extension allows admins to restrict permissions by category and group.<br />
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== Installation ==<br />
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{{ExtensionInstall<br />
| registration = required<br />
}}<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
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To restrict the 'read' permission of the Category:Maintenance and its pages to the 'sysop' group only (admins), add the following to your LocalSettings.php:<br />
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<syntaxhighlight lang="php"><br />
$wgCategoryLockdown['Maintenance']['read'] = 'sysop';<br />
</syntaxhighlight>Similarly, to restrict the 'edit' permission of the Category:Sales and its pages to the 'vendor' group:<syntaxhighlight lang="php"><br />
$wgCategoryLockdown['Sales']['edit'] = 'vendor';<br />
</syntaxhighlight><br />
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To restrict editing to users in the 'vendor' OR 'manager' groups:<br />
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<syntaxhighlight lang="php"><br />
$wgCategoryLockdown['Sales']['edit'] = [ 'vendor', 'manager' ];<br />
</syntaxhighlight><br />
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Note that pages in subcategories are not affected. If Category:Clients is a subcategory of Category:Sales, then pages within it won't be protected by the above setting. You'd need to add:<br />
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<syntaxhighlight lang="php"><br />
$wgCategoryLockdown['Clients']['edit'] = [ 'vendor', 'manager' ];<br />
</syntaxhighlight><br />
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Also note that if a page is in BOTH the Category:Sales and the Category:Clients, then the following will restrict editing to users in the 'vendor' OR 'manager' groups:<br />
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<syntaxhighlight lang="php"><br />
$wgCategoryLockdown['Sales']['edit'] = 'vendor',<br />
$wgCategoryLockdown['Clients']['edit'] = 'manager';<br />
</syntaxhighlight><br />
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Finally, note that:<br />
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* Rules don't apply to admins (users in the 'sysop' group).<br />
* This extension only removes permissions, it doesn't grant them. If the general config of your wiki forbids editing to all users, then adding a rule that restricts editing to a certain group won't work. Instead, allow editing to all users and then use this extension to restrict editing to the desired group.<br />
* You can use this syntax to restrict any permission (not just 'read' and 'edit'). However, if users are allowed to read and edit a page, then they can avoid other restrictions by re-categorizing the page.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Extension:Lockdown]] - More sophisticated but cannot restrict access by category and group<br />
* [[Extension:Restrict access by category and group]] - Similar idea but more complicated and unmaintained</div>MediaWiki>Sophivorus