[pmwiki-users] AuthUser or UserAuth?

[Dominique Faure]

2006/1/26, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com>:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:41:14PM +1300, Allister Jenks wrote:
> >    I like the idea of the admin interfaces and users being able to change
> >    their own password offered by UserAuth, but am not sure if it fits the
> >    bill per above.  As a techie, I can cope with editing of password files,
> >    but it would be nice if my wife (who will be coming up with the content)
> >    could set up new users via the browser.
>
> In the latest release of PmWiki and AuthUser, it's relatively easy
> to set up new users via a browser.  Simply edit the Site.AuthUser
> page, and then add a line that looks like:
>
>     alice: (:encrypt apassword:)
>
> where "alice" is the username to be added and "apassword" is the
> password for that user.  When the page is saved, PmWiki will replace
> the (:encrypt:) part with the encrypted form of the password.
>
> To remove a user, simply remove the user's entry from the Site.AuthUser
> page.  To reset a user's password, simply replace the encrypted
> password with another (:encrypt ...:) string.
>

You may also "extend" AuthUser using htpasswd file(s) and use the
HtpasswdForm recipe to maintain them.

Dom