MediaWiki: restricting access to view/edit

Question

Can MediaWiki combine with a Windows domain server, so people logged in with a domain account can view/edit pages?

Or at least has an account control mechanism so reach the above requirement.

Answer 1

You will need to look more into the LDAP Authentication Extension, assuming you are using Active Directory or another LDAP provider to manage your Windows Domain.

The current version of the extension (1.2a (2009-05-06) as of writing) has been tested on the following Windows configurations:

LDAP Directories

• Active Directory 2003

Configurations

• Windows 2003, MediaWiki 1.8.3, PHP 5.2.0, MySQL 5.0, IIS6, Microsoft Active Directory
• Windows Server 2003 SP2, MediaWiki 1.14, PHP 5.2.8,MySQL 5.0.51a, Apache Server 2.2, Microsoft Acrive Directory