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	• bzimport
	Dec 9 2004, 12:59 PM

Description

Author: Andrea.Lazarescu

Description:
I configured access restrictions to my Wiki using:
$wgWhitelistEdit = true;
$wgWhitelistRead = array ("Main Page", "Special:Userlogin", "Wikipedia:Help");

The process of access restriction is working fine, but the problem is that I get a runtime error
every time I try to enter the Wiki or change the site. Actually the error has no consequences, but
it doesn't look really professional.
The error occures only when I'm not logged in. After logging in, everything is working fine. The
problem seems to be connected to the $wgWhitelistRead, because I have no problems when I comment
out this line.

Version: 1.3.x
Severity: normal
OS: Windows 2000
Platform: PC

Details

Reference: bz1050

Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 8:07 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-General.

• bzimport set Reference to bz1050.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• bzimport created this task.Dec 9 2004, 12:59 PM

Can you provide the error message? Error messages are not just decoration; where they come from and what they contain may provide
important information in diagnosing the problem.

Most probably you need to add MediaWiki:Monobook.css and MediaWiki:Monobook.js (and/or "-") to the read whitelist.

zigger wrote:

This could be a duplicate of bug 497, but no further information was provided
after six months, so resolving as invalid. Please re-open if the suggestions in
comment 1 did not help, and add more information about the error.

JAdP4mW wrote:

We've also encountered this error, but only when testing with Microsoft (MS)
Internet Explorer (IE) 6 (IE6). The error does not occur with Netscape, Firefox
or Opera. The error message is not helpful, but merely states that there was a
runtime error, and asks if you wish to debug. Debugging gives no useful
information, but simply takes you to the first line of the rendered XHTML. As
in the original posting of this bug, we had restricted access, as follows:

$wgWhitelistRead = array ("Main Page", "Special:Userlogin", "OSDW Public:Public
Pages", "Help:Contents");

As suggested in Comment 1, we added "MediaWiki:Monobook.css",
"MediaWiki:Monobook.js" to the array for $wgWhitelistRead, but that didn't help.
Adding "-" did the trick. We've left our LocalSettings.php for this variable as

$wgWhitelistRead = array ("Main Page", "Special:Userlogin", "OSDW Public:Public
Pages", "Help:Contents", "MediaWiki:Monobook.css", "MediaWiki:Monobook.js", "-")
;

And all is now working well. But what does "-" actually do? Does it pose any
other potential problems or security risks?