Thread:Project:Support desk/How to run the update script/reply (8)

Are you sure that you need an extension? MediaWiki knows which user group a visitor is in (e.g. users, who are not logged in are in the user groups "*" and "user" I think). And MediaWiki allows to set up permissions based on these groups (can be done in LocalSettings.php). Tell me, if I am wrong, but is it not possible to set the right "view" for the group "*" to false? Doesn't that take away the possibility to view pages?

When you have people who are trusted (you said you only have a few accounts), then you could add another group to their account and give this group the right "view".