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is it possible to have 1 group that imports multipul group permissions

for example:

Sales_Manager = Sales_M & Sales

Sales_Dept = Sales

so that everyone in sales department group has read access to all the documentation they need.

but the Sales managers have this access plus edit permissions and also access to aditional documentation

I am using the extension "Restrict access by category and group" to group pages by categories and makingthem private. BUT i have to edit each user 1 by 1 and add them to all the corosponding categories.

at the moment i have 12 private categories and 30 users.

the 30 users could be grouped into 6 departments requireing access to certain categories based on their department

That extension is unmaintained and severely out of date. It also says at the top:

"If you need per-page or partial page access restrictions, you are advised to install an appropriate content management package. MediaWiki was not written to provide per-page access restrictions, and almost all hacks or patches promising to add them will likely have flaws somewhere, which could lead to exposure of confidential data. We are not responsible for anything being leaked."

"This extension stores its source code on a wiki page. Please be aware that this code may be unreviewed or maliciously altered. They may contain security holes, outdated interfaces that are no longer compatible etc."

Essentially what you are trying to do it not supported by MediaWiki. You are not likely to get help here to use MediaWiki for other than how it was intended.