Manual:$wgBlockDisablesLogin
| Access: $wgBlockDisablesLogin | |
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| If set to true, blocked users will no longer be allowed to log in |
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| Introduced in version: | 1.16.0 (r61694) |
| Removed in version: | Still in use |
| Allowed values: | (boolean) |
| Default value: | false |
| Other settings: Alphabetical | By function | |
Details
[edit]If set to true, all blocked users will be signed out and future attempts to sign in will fail. At runtime, any extra rights blocked users might have are removed as well (which is relevant when the blocked user has an already existing session).
Partial blocks allow the user to log in but grant them only the rights of an unregistered user, with no editing permissions (except for changing user rights that are not defined by the userrights permission).
Partial blocks when reading is blocked for anonymous users also blocks reading pages in $wgWhitelistRead.
Note
[edit]When using this with a public wiki, or a wiki that allows unregistered editing, the effect of logging out registered blocked users may actually be adverse. Unless the user's IP address is also blocked (whether directly or via Autoblock), logging the user out will again allow reading and editing as an IP address.
Alternative
[edit]An alternative to this setting might be using $wgAutopromote with APCOND_BLOCKED to create a group that revokes certain rights.