[Pmwiki-users] PmWiki password puzzle

Ciaran ciaranj
Thu Aug 26 06:39:37 CDT 2004


Why restrict what characters can be in the password? Does the hash
function not produce an 'unbroken' string anyway ?
- Ciaran


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:36:53 -0600, Patrick R. Michaud
<pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 01:48:53PM +1200, John Rankin wrote:
> >
> > Alternatively...
> > How can I set the read password in the GroupAttributes page to be
> > an array of pass1,pass2? Entering pass1,pass2 makes the password
> > 'pass1,pass2'.
> 
> I'm developing this for PmWiki 2, then planning to backport the code
> into 1.0.  The passwords page will probably not only allow an array of
> passwords, but also allow authorizations by author name:
> 
> read   pass1 pass2 user:jr,pm,scott
> edit   user:jr,scott
> attr   user:scott
> 
> This becomes easier if I assume that passwords do not have spaces
> in them (i.e., the individual passwords are separated on spaces).
> Does anyone think it's important to allow spaces in passwords
> (i.e., pass phrases)?
> 
> > This appears to be a simple change to the BasicAuth function,
> > that perhaps could be configurable.
> 
> It is, and since BasicAuth is pluggable anyway the feature can be
> provided as a Cookbook module (or, more likely, in the distribution itself).
> 
> Pm
> 
> 
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