Requested by @Krd in T246489#6251156.
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| Project | Branch | Lines +/- | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| operations/mediawiki-config | master | +2 -0 | Enable botpasswords at checkuserwiki and stewardwiki |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Urbanecm | T258356 Allow users at all private/fishbowl wikis to use botpasswords | |||
| Resolved | Urbanecm | T258358 Allow users to use botpasswords at checkuserwiki |
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I was thinking that maybe OAuth is desired instead of BotPasswords for this wiki? OAuth is said to be more secure, right?
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Change 615177 had a related patch set uploaded (by Urbanecm; owner: Urbanecm):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable botpasswords at checkuserwiki and stewardwiki
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-07-21T11:11:44Z] <Urbanecm> Create bot_passwords table at checkuserwiki (T258358)
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Change 615177 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable botpasswords at checkuserwiki and stewardwiki
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-07-21T11:24:33Z] <urbanecm@deploy1001> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: 7b96c7ea35557888c6cec2dd19768c246bff804b: Enable botpasswords at checkuserwiki and stewardwiki (T258358, T258355) (duration: 00m 57s)
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Hello, I took the liberty to deploy this one, because even botpasswords are less secure than OAuth, they are more secure than using plain passwords, so it's still a benefit.