I honestly think this is a 1.0.13/mambo bug. I am running com_joomlawiki on the 1.5.3 site and com_mambowiki on the 1.0.13 site. On the 1.5 site, things are working logically. Menu item is Public, but component is Users and behavior is correct. Settings are the same on the 1.0 site, but behavior is reversed. Public can get to the Main Page, Users get the login prompt. I have not installed CB yet on 1.5 site (which may "break" it), but will do.