diff --git a/conf/acl.auth.php.dist b/conf/acl.auth.php.dist
index 3fa9741c5c34d1216b24a5043ccf3f07ab4d5623..14344d7785b72176f7386973a9142936b236f287 100644
--- a/conf/acl.auth.php.dist
+++ b/conf/acl.auth.php.dist
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 # edit   2
 # create 4
 # upload 8
+# delete 16
 
-*               @ALL        4
+*               @ALL        8
diff --git a/inc/lang/en/lang.php b/inc/lang/en/lang.php
index 1bf75da1aab2eb7fe6d0fab6c92f02ef4489fed8..2b90a37d5206c9a3f05eb786570abf3c1f982b40 100644
--- a/inc/lang/en/lang.php
+++ b/inc/lang/en/lang.php
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ $lang['i_problems']   = 'The installer found some problems, indicated below. You
 $lang['i_modified']   = 'For security reasons this script will only work with a new and unmodified Dokuwiki installation.
                          You should either re-extract the files from the downloaded package or consult the complete
                          <a href="http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:install">Dokuwiki installation instructions</a>';
-$lang['i_funcna']     = 'PHP function <code>%s</code> is not available. Maybe your provider disabled it for some reason?';
+$lang['i_funcna']     = 'PHP function <code>%s</code> is not available. Maybe your hosting provider disabled it for some reason?';
 $lang['i_permfail']   = '<code>%s</code> is not writable by DokuWiki. You need to fix the permission settings of this directory!';
 $lang['i_confexists'] = '<code>%s</code> already exists';
 $lang['i_writeerr']   = 'Unable to create <code>%s</code>. You will need to check directory/file permissions and create the file manually.';
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ $lang['i_success']    = 'The configuration was finished successfully. You may de
                         <a href="doku.php">your new DokuWiki</a>.';
 $lang['i_failure']    = 'Some errors occured while writing the configuration files. You may need to fix them manually before
                          you can use <a href="doku.php">your new DokuWiki</a>.';
+$lang['i_policy']     = 'Initial ACL policy';
+$lang['i_pol0']       = 'Open Wiki (read, write, upload for everyone)';
+$lang['i_pol1']       = 'Public Wiki (read for everyone, write and upload for registered users)';
+$lang['i_pol2']       = 'Closed Wiki (read, write, upload for registered users only)';
 
 
 //Setup VIM: ex: et ts=2 enc=utf-8 :
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index cc179f856d37c7aabd3385503361bb97a2ac9893..46ebf5448d2a363f64e48cb20160cd5558932611 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
         code { font-size: 110%; color: #008000; }
         fieldset { border: none }
         label { display: block;}
-        input.text { width: 30em; margin: 0 0.5em; }
+        select.text, input.text { width: 30em; margin: 0 0.5em; }
     </style>
     <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
         function acltoggle(){
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ function print_form($d){
 
                 <label for="confirm"><?php echo $lang['passchk']?></label>
                 <input class="text" type="password" name="d[confirm]" id="confirm" />
+
+                <label for="policy"><?php echo $lang['i_policy']?></label>
+                <select class="text" name="d[policy]" id="policy">
+                    <option value="0" <?php echo ($d['policy'] == 0)?'selected="selected"':'' ?>><?php echo $lang['i_pol0']?></option>
+                    <option value="1" <?php echo ($d['policy'] == 1)?'selected="selected"':'' ?>><?php echo $lang['i_pol1']?></option>
+                    <option value="2" <?php echo ($d['policy'] == 2)?'selected="selected"':'' ?>><?php echo $lang['i_pol2']?></option>
+                </select>
             </fieldset>
         </fieldset>
 
@@ -234,6 +241,7 @@ function check_data($d){
  */
 function store_data($d){
     $ok = true;
+    $d['policy'] = (int) $d['policy'];
 
     // create changes.log
     if (!@file_exists(DOKU_INC.'data/changes.log')){
@@ -267,7 +275,27 @@ EOT;
         $ok = $ok && fileWrite(DOKU_LOCAL.'users.auth.php', $output);
 
         // create acl.auth.php
-        $output = @file_get_contents(DOKU_CONF.'acl.auth.php.dist');
+        $output = <<<EOT
+# acl.auth.php
+# <?php exit()?>
+# Don't modify the lines above
+#
+# Access Control Lists
+#
+# Auto-generated by install script
+# Date: $now
+
+EOT;
+        if($d['policy'] == 2){
+            $output .=  "*               @ALL          0\n";
+            $output .=  "*               @users        8\n";
+        }elseif($d['policy'] == 2){
+            $output .=  "*               @ALL          1\n";
+            $output .=  "*               @users        8\n";
+        }else{
+            $output .=  "*               @ALL          8\n";
+        }
+
         $ok = $ok && fileWrite(DOKU_LOCAL.'acl.auth.php', $output);
     }
     return $ok;