Extension:Makesysop

Makesysop is an extension which allows bureaucrats to grant sysop status to user accounts using a limited interface similar to the userrights special page, while users with the steward permission can do full work, both Makesysop and Userrights. It was written by Tim Starling for use on Wikimedia wikis. The extension is running on all Wikimedia wikis.

Installation

 * 1) Download the files from Wikimedia Subversion to extensions/Makesysop:
 * 2) Add the following line to LocalSettings.php to load the extension:
 * 3) Sysop and bureaucrat rights can now be managed with Special:Makesysop. Note that crosswiki right managing was only possible with that page until 1.12; since 1.12 is not possible with Special:Makesysop, only with Special:Userrights; see Manual:User rights management.
 * 1) Sysop and bureaucrat rights can now be managed with Special:Makesysop. Note that crosswiki right managing was only possible with that page until 1.12; since 1.12 is not possible with Special:Makesysop, only with Special:Userrights; see Manual:User rights management.
 * 1) Sysop and bureaucrat rights can now be managed with Special:Makesysop. Note that crosswiki right managing was only possible with that page until 1.12; since 1.12 is not possible with Special:Makesysop, only with Special:Userrights; see Manual:User rights management.

Use
Special:Makesysop shows the same form in Special:Userrights. In the "user name" field the database name should be added after the account, e.g. MyUser@foowikidb instead of just "MyUser".

Restrictions
Bureaucrats can only set sysop rights, they can't remove sysop rights from an user (unless the Desysop extension is installed). A steward is needed to remove sysop access.

Logs
A log of all user right changes is maintained at Special:Log/rights.

Licensing and downloads
The extension is available under the GNU General Public License 2.0 or later, and can be downloaded from Subversion, or accessed via the web-based viewer.

The software is provided as-is. Updates will be made according to the needs of Wikimedia wikis; or where critical vulnerabilities are discovered.