[pmwiki-users] private group access question(s)

[Neil Herber]

I am running a password-protected PmWiki for a client. All users are 
granted access via Apache basic authentication. I have a group called 
"Private" which is used to store information that only my direct client and 
I can access (I assigned a read password to the group). However, seeing the 
Private group requires re-entry of the user's password, which is a pain.

What magic bits of PHP can I add to config.php so that:

         if authorized username is "Neil" or "Bob"
                 allow access to Private group
         else
                 do not allow access
         endif

One solution I can think of is to add an access restriction to Apache:

         <Directory "X:/path/to/wiki/Private">
                 AuthType Basic
                 AuthName "Private"
                 AuthUserFile userfile.name
                 AuthGroupFile groupfile.name
                 Require group private
         </Directory>

But I would much rather have an "all PmWiki" solution.


Neil

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