[pmwiki-users] New to pmwiki - need user setup help

[Scott Smith]

Thanks, I'll check it out.


On Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 6:49 AM David Cooke <david at ellendee.co.uk> wrote:

> I think a good start might be http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/AuthUser.
> This give you individual user/password log ins and you can group accounts.
>
> The link on the third paragraph gives you a quick start guide.
>
> regards
>
> Dave Cooke
>
> On 20 December 2019 at 10:51 Scott Smith <grimblefritz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to pmwiki. I'm working hard to get page content ready for an
> internal site, which I am supposed to have working by end of day. I have
> the basic install done and working. There are of course changes I'll make
> down the road, but the basic PmWiki is fine for a start. I'm using the
> latest version, just downloaded.
>
> What I don't understand (yet) and am lacking time to suss out right now,
> is how to
>
> 1) setup logins for users, and
>
> 2) control page view and edit access based on user.
>
> I have four levels (eventually, groups or types) of users:
>
> admin
> manager
> staff
> all
>
> Later, I will setup individual users with logins and they will belong to
> groups, but if it helps get things started I can make do with simple
> roll-based logins for now.
>
> I need 'admin' to be able to create/edit/delete any pages. Admin should
> also be able to designate, for a page, who can view or edit.
>
> Similar controls for 'manager', except manager cannot restrict admin from
> viewing or editing anything.
>
> 'staff' cannot restrict either manager or admin from viewing/editing, but
> can prevent 'all' from accessing pages.
>
> 'all' should be the default, no login, condition. No editing capability,
> but all can view pages not restricted from them.
>
> This is just the starting point, enough to get things rolling. As I learn
> more about PmWiki I am sure I'll be able to work out a better system with
> groups and access lists and so forth.
>
> Can someone please throw me a shortcut with instructions as to how to
> setup this starting point?
>
> Thanks in advance for whatever direction you can provide.
>
>
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