Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceNSFileRepo

What is NSFileRepo?

NSFileRepo extension enables uploading files to namepaces. Extension restricts access to upload and read files and images to a given set of user groups associated with protected namespaces. Using this extension (within the security limitations noted above), you can protect not only pages and areas of your wiki, but also any uploaded images or files within those namespaces. Provide namespace based features to uploaded files.

How?

Generically, you use the same syntax as a normal file reference link, adding the namespace between the file specifier ("File", "Image" or "Media") and the file nameFile is still being uploaded to the File namespace (NS_FILE) but it contains additional namespace that can be any of the namespaces defined on the wiki. Such files have structure:

[[{FILE_NS}:{Namespace}:{Filename}]]

Example (where Private is the protected namespace and Filename.jpg is the file to which you wish to limit accessFor example file can be uploaded to "Private" namespace and access to that namespace can be resticted to particular user group(s):

[[File:Private:Filename.jpg]]

The standard for accessing files is generally:

[[File:Filename.jpg]]
[[Image:Filename.jpg]]
[[Media:Filename.jpg]]

This extension allows you to protect access to files by adding the namespace text identifier after the file namespace identifier, for example (where Private is the protected namespace and Filename.jpg is the file to which you wish to limit access):

                [[File:Private:Filename.jpg]]
[[Image:Private:Filename.jpg]]
[[Media:Private:Filename.jpg]]

            

It may be helpful to understand the default security model used by MediaWiki using the instructions below:

• Manual:User rights
• Manual:$wgGroupPermissions

Limitations of security are the same as for Extension:Lockdown. To review these limitations, see here.

To use the full capabilities of this extension (for example, specific namespace protections) you will need to install and use the namespace protections provided through Extension:Lockdown.

This extension was made possible by the introduction of Repository Classes by Tim Starling - an elegant and brilliant implementation. It uses a new Local Repository class mechanism. Access to particular namespace can be managed by using BlueSpicePermissionManager extension.

Technical details on how this extension works can be found here.

See also

Our reference page.

Related info

• Reference:NSFileRepo