[pmwiki-users] How do I only let authorized users edit pages?

[John M. Gabriele]

--- Benjamin Wilson <ameen at dausha.net> wrote:

> John M. Gabriele wrote:
> > 
> > --- Benjamin Wilson <ameen at dausha.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> [snip]
> 
> > 
> > Ok, so, there seems to be two options:
> > 1. scripts/authuser.php
> > 2. "Cookbook recipe": UserAuth
> 
> > I'm getting the impression that pmwiki doesn't have the notion
> > of "registered users". Is that correct?
> 
> Essentially yes.

Ah. Ok. Thanks. Added that note to the end of


> PmWiki by default adopts the wiki philosophy of being 
> open to all, but it allows password-based restrictions. I'm guessing 
> you're like me in that I prefer to have a handful of trusted authors.

You got it. :)
 
> For that, I presently use UserAuth to manage several web sites. UserAuth 
> gives user/password control and allows administrators to manage users 
> and their roles via the browser.

Sounds like UserAuth is set to eventually make it into the pmwiki proper.

> > If so, it seems like I've got to set a password for a page, using
> > this action=attr URL thingy:
> > http://www.foo.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage&action=attr
> > 
> > That seems a bit crazy to me, since pages will be added all
> > the time by various people, so I can't follow everyone around
> > doing this action=attr thing.
> 
> You don't have to. If you want one password to control all pages, then 
> you'll need to update your local/config.php. If you go to the PmWiki 
> site administration section, you may get a clearer idea of what is 
> possible: http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/DocumentationIndex#admin
> 
> > How about this: can I just make it so only the admin can edit
> > pages? That's ok for now, since I'm the only one editing pages
> > right now. In a few months though it'll turn into a pain.
> > 
> > Also -- is my cookbook directory supposed to be empty?
> > Do I manually add "recipes" as-needed?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> One of the goals of PmWiki is to allow for seamless upgrades. To 
> accomplish this, some directories are never written to by a PmWiki 
> installation--notably /local and /cookbook.

Ah. Ok. Good. This is some of the stuff we need to know.
I added that to
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/InitialSetupTasks
near the bottom.

---J



		
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