Extension:GlobalUserrights

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GlobalUserrights Release status:Extension status stable
ImplementationTemplate:Extension#type	Special page
DescriptionTemplate:Extension#description	Allows easy management of global user rights through Special:GlobalUserrights
Author(s)Template:Extension#username	Nathaniel Herman (Pinkytalk)
Latest versionTemplate:Extension#version	1.0.3 (2011-10-02)
MediaWikiTemplate:Extension#mediawiki	1.15
Database changesTemplate:Extension#needs-updatephp	Yes
LicenseTemplate:Extension#license	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Added rightsTemplate:Extension#rights userrights-global
Hooks usedTemplate:Extension#hook UserEffectiveGroupsManual:Hooks/UserEffectiveGroups SpecialListusersQueryInfoManual:Hooks/SpecialListusersQueryInfo
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The GlobalUserrights extension enables global user groups and allows easy management of them via Special:GlobalUserrights. Global group changes are logged to Special:Log/gblrights (same place CentralAuth would log them). This extension is used in conjunction with $wgSharedDB.

Installation

1. Download required files and place them in $IP/extensions/GlobalUserrights
2. Edit LocalSettings.php and put
   require_once("$IP/extensions/GlobalUserrights/GlobalUserrights.php");
   near the end of the file.
3. Apply the global_user_groups.sql patch to $wgSharedDB to create the global_user_groups table. Execute the following in the command-line interface:
   php maintenance/sql.php extensions/GlobalUserrights/global_user_groups.sql
   Note: You may have to rename the 'global_user_groups' table to include the $wgSharedDB prefix for the extension to work.
4. Make sure global_user_groups is a shared table by adding it to $wgSharedTables in LocalSettings.php - e.g.
   $wgSharedTables[] = 'global_user_groups';.
5. Be sure to give the userrights-global right to users who need access to Special:GlobalUserRights; by default the staff group has this user right. If you would want to allow administrators to access the special page, you could add the following to the configuration file: $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['userrights-global'] = true;

Usage

1. Go to Special:GlobalUserrights
2. Enter in the user name of the user whose global rights you want to change.
3. Use the interface to add or remove global groups to/from the user and save.

System messages

The following new system messages are defined by this extension:

Message	Default value	Description
globaluserrights	Global User Rights Management	Special page title displayed on Special:SpecialPages and on Special:GlobalUserrights
gur-desc	Easy global user rights administration	Extension description shown on Special:Version
gur-rightslog-name	Global rights log	Log title for Special:Log/gblrights, the log where global user rights changes are stored. This will also be displayed on the dropdown menu on Special:Log.
gur-rightslog-header	This is a log of changes to global rights.	Displayed on Special:Log/gblrights, explaining the purpose of that log.
gur-rightslog-entry	changed global group membership for $1 from $2 to $3	Log entry generated by this extension when a user's global groups are changed. $1 is the user whose groups were changes, $2 is the array of old groups and $3 is the array of new groups.
right-userrights-global	Manage global user rights	Description of the user right, will be shown on Special:ListGroupRights