From a21650b8252a03d310dd72dcc4bf4be201486446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roan Kattouw <catrope@users.mediawiki.org>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 14:51:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (bug 18677) Give proper error message when viewing
 &action=protect without sufficient rights. Patch by Stefano Codari

---
 RELEASE-NOTES        |  2 ++
 includes/Article.php | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 3f91fa6433..19ced84c12 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * Fixed the circular template inclusion check, was broken when the loop 
   involved redirects. Without this, infinite recursion within the parser is
   possible.
+* (bug 18677) Give proper error message when viewing &action=protect without
+  sufficient rights
 
 
 == API changes in 1.16 ==
diff --git a/includes/Article.php b/includes/Article.php
index 1f30e8797f..f10eafd4b2 100644
--- a/includes/Article.php
+++ b/includes/Article.php
@@ -1962,6 +1962,16 @@ class Article {
 	 * action=protect handler
 	 */
 	public function protect() {
+		global $wgUser, $wgOut;
+		
+		# Check permissions
+		$permission_errors = $this->mTitle->getUserPermissionsErrors( 'protect', $wgUser );
+
+		if( count( $permission_errors ) > 0 ) {
+			$wgOut->showPermissionsErrorPage( $permission_errors );
+			return;
+		}
+	
 		$form = new ProtectionForm( $this );
 		$form->execute();
 	}
-- 
2.20.1