The wiki can still be entirely file based even though your membership system
is on a SQL Server. I currently have OdsWiki on a Windows 2008 Sever Web
Edition using SQL Express for membership, but most namespaces are in the
file based namespaces, just like flexwiki.com. It works great and is
relatively easy to configure. Once it is working it is the easiest to
maintain and to upgrade to different OS (as you plan).
I would recommend using SQL Express and Forms-based authentication. I can
write up those instructions today. Microsofts default configurations
settings unfortunately make it more difficult than it really is.

John Davidson

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Astralis Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> John,
>
> You said:
>
> >> I can give you instructions now on how to store the user details in
> web.config and then use forms authentication. It will accept clear text
> userid and password, which may not be an issue in your configuration. I
> could probably get a special page that creates a secure hash for the
> password running ofr you if it is really necessary. Let me know which you
> want instructions for first: Windows Authentication or Forms Authentication
> with user credentials in web.config.
>
> My first goal is perfect usability for novice member who use the wiki.
> Windows Authentication is clumsy.  With that being said:
>
> I think that if I'm only using a handful of admins/moderators, then
> storing login information in web.config is fairly simple, right, instead
> of Windows Authentication?  But at the same time, with only a few people who
> might be admins, maybe Windows Authentication is the most efficient and
> those five people can just deal with Windows Authentication.
>
> But if I allow more people to create and lock their own pages, I would
> love to have forms authentication while still keeping the file-based wiki.
> I think storing 1,000 plus members (and growing) in web.config might not
> be the best method, correct?  I can setup a MSSQL table for the membership
> system, if necessary, but my understanding was that to do that, the entire
> wiki must be run from a database (if the file-based wiki does in fact still
> work with a db membership system, then maybe I should just use that).
>
> I'm also presuming that the db membership system provides roles.
>
> Please advise what you think would be best.
>
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