Extension:EditUser

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Edit User

Release status: stable
Implementation Special page, User identity
Description Allows privileged users to edit other users' preferences
Author(s) Ryan Schmidt (Skizzerz Talk)
Version 1.4
MediaWiki 1.11+
Download SVN
Usage
CHANGELOG
Added rights edituser, edituser-exempt

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[edit] Usage

This extension displays a preferences form (like the one in Special:Preferences) that allows editing the preferences of other users. You can call the page via Special:EditUser/username to directly edit a user, or Special:EditUser to display a search form. Users with the edituser-exempt permission cannot be edited via this form.

Warning Warning: Only grant access to this extension to users you trust. Accounts can literally be taken over from use of this extension.

[edit] Download instructions

Please download the files from SVN and upload it to $IP/extensions/EditUser. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

[edit] Installation

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

$wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['edituser'] = true; //who can use this extension, bureaucrats can by default.
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edituser-exempt'] = true; //who cannot be edited via this extension, sysops are immune by default
require_once("$IP/extensions/EditUser/EditUser.php");

[edit] Todo

  • Add ability to restrict what can be changed
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