On 9/30/07, Martin Kerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You may found an answer at the end of the > >> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PasswordsAdmin page, using > >> "?action=crypt" > > > > I'd be surprised if that helps... just encrypting a password > > doesn't put > > it into effect. > > That's true. I have to manually add those encrypted passwords to > SiteAdmin/AuthUser. That's okay for a project of my size, so that's > way I appreciate the solution. > > > The only recipe I'm aware of that gives password-changing > > capability to > > AuthUser is ZAP (see Cookbook/MemberMgmt). To use it you have to > > adopt > > ZAP's system for storing personal data on the Profiles page, and all > > pages in your wiki should require a password to edit, but depending on > > your site those are small prices to pay for the flexibility and > > functionality ZAP offers. If you choose to go that route, I'll be > > happy > > to help answer questions. --Ben S. > > ZAP is definately an interesting alternative, although I have the > impression that ZAP, especially because of ZAPWiki will evolve into > (or already is) some kind of real fork of pmwiki. I don't want to > have too much non-standard additions to pmwiki and actually want to > keep on the pmwiki road. AuthUser is really a great way to handle > user-based authentication, and I hope that eventually it will become > more flexible. > > My whishlist for AuthUser: > > - Support for spaces in usernames (post 2.2) > - Support for special characters in usernames (perhaps comes in with > the switch tu UTF-8 (post 2.2) > - Some interface to change the password of a user. > > Moreover I have the impression that Patrick isn't that happy about > the whole ZAP story... >
I was in fact assuming you wanted to stay using "basic" auth configuration. A more reliable option could be then to configure AuthUser to use htpasswd/htgroup authentication which coupled with HtpasswdForm will provide all you need to admin your wiki, letting the users change their passwords themselve. -- Dominique _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
