[pmwiki-users] BUG: Targets w/Dot Allow Editing

[Ben Wilson]

When I try the dot inline, it results in:

[[Main/JohnQ.Public]]

pmwiki.php/JohnQ/Public

So, may have been resolved.

Quoting Ryan D'Baisse <ryan.dbaisse at gmail.com>:

> Okay, this has GOT to be a bug.  Here's what I have found...
>
> -----------------------
>
> VERSION:
> PmWiki v2.0 Beta 19
>
> PROBLEM:
> Navigating to non-existing pages freely allow anyone access to the "Edit"
> window.  All other pages prompt for password.
>
> SYNOPSIS:
> A new wiki has a group, "My Friends".  Some of the target pages have a dot
> (or period) in the name (i.e. "John P. Smith").  Targets with the dot in the
> name cause an invalid link to be rendered.  Selecting that link allows
> editing of that page without prompting for passwords.
>
>    Example of Target Without Dots:
>    * [[My Friends/Joe Blow]]
>
>    Example of Resulting Link Without Dots (user prompted for password
> before edit):
>    http:// <http://<server> <server
> name>/pmwiki.php?n=MyFriends.JoeBlow?action=edit
>
>    Example of Target WITH Dots:
>    * [[My Friends/Joe D. Blow]]
>
>    Example of Resulting link WITH Dots (user NOT prompted for password
> before edit):
>    http:// <http://<server> <server
> name>/pmwiki.php?n=JoeD.Blow?action=edit
>
> -----------------------
>
> Fortunately, I have not gone live with the wiki I am building.  Could
> someone please validate this and let me know if it is resolved in a future
> build?
>
> -- Ryan
>
>



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Regards,
Ben Wilson

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