[pmwiki-users] commenting to private pages

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Tue Dec 19 14:53:17 CST 2006


On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 08:43:30PM +0000, Hans wrote:
> But when posting to a 'read' protected page it will ask for the
> password for that page, before proceeding with processing the page.
> I can't see a built-in mechanism in PmWiki which allows to circumvent
> this. Is there one?

Simply use ReadPage() instead of RetrieveAuthPage().

> Also it raises the question if it is at all desirable to post to a
> read protected page if you have no permission to read it. It is
> certainly a little odd, as you can't see the result of your post,
> But if it is desirable in some circumstances, how can it be done?

This "just" means that the form for posting content needs to be
on a page separate from the one where the content will be posted.
The form can be publicly readable, while the page containing the
resulting content is not.

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