"Patrick R. Michaud" wrote: [...]
>> Is there an advantage to putting the authentification & user-info type of >> data in the profile page? I don't think I've seen an argument on that side >> yet although I may have missed it... > >(1) having all of the information on the SiteAdmin.AuthUser page can > make it very cluttered for an admin to view/modify; putting > info in profile page (with pagelist commands for displaying > summary) keeps SiteAdmin.AuthUser itself clean >(2) a small mistake in SiteAdmin.AuthUser can suddenly wipe out lots > of accounts both true - if it's a wiki page it's subject to operator errors. If the information is kept in special files (e.g. .htpasswd/.htgroup already supported by PmWiki) and managed similar to the HtpasswdForm recipe, the access can be restricted / controlled very well. >(3) it's far quicker to grab authentication information from a > profile page than it is to parse and process the SiteAdmin.AuthUser > page, especially if there are large numbers of accounts Isn't that required only for logon and verification by e-mail? Oliver _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
