Kathryn Andersen wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 12:52:30AM -0500, Doug Johnson wrote: >> And if you think that either AuthUser or ZAP is a must have, I'd be >> interested in those thoughts also. > > I think AuthUser is useful if you're going to have multiple people > interacting on the wiki even if it's an internal wiki. On our work wiki > I use AuthUser with HtpasswdForm and settings to require author names > and to force the author names to be the same as the logins. > > Advantages: > - self-registration makes it easier for both the users and the admin > - having users rather than just passwords makes it possible to give > one set of users additional or different privileges (such as enabling > more savvy users to set attributes or delete pages) > - easier to track who did what, since people are forced to use > consistent IDs > - no need to change sensitive passwords when people leave
I was just about to implement a plain passwords system... But I do have multiple users, and growing... and but seeing the phrase "self-registration" makes me think. I'm here looking thru the htpasswdForm recipe on Pmwiki.org But..can't understand: "Self-registration" implies anyone can create a new user but if you don't want your site to be public... How do you limit who can actually create a new user? I think of self-registration like a Yahoo group where anyone can do it. But on our wiki I need to be able to decide who can get in....but we don't want to force a double authentication requirement for those who are already registered. Sivakatirswami _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
