Ah, I`ve just noticed that you've already chosen option 2) :) Anyway, glad you`ve solved your problem.
Thanks, Eduard On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Stanley, > > There would be 3 ways of addressing this limitation: > > 1) If you use subwikis in an intranet-like environment or, more generally, > use only global users, and you wish to allow them to create subwikis where > they can perform their work, then I would recomment that you try the > recently released Workspace Application [1]. The only constraint for this is > that you use XWiki 3.2 or greater. > > 2) A "quicker" solution is the one specified in the comment of a XEM Jira > issue [2]. The problem with that, is that it always shows XWiki.Admin as the > creator of the subwiki and you have to write some custom UI. > > 3) A final, third solution, is the one specified in the comments of the > Wiki3.0 Jira issue [3] that you've previously referenced. It involves > creating a new component, that uses the wikiManager plugin internally, but > avoids the java permission checks that limit wiki creation only to admins. > However, this has already been done for the Workspace Component [4] that is > part of the Workspace Application suggested at 1). > > Thanks, > Eduard > > P.S.: If you are interested in 1), there currently is a live demo instance > [5] where you can try it out. > ----------------- > References: > [1] > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Workspace+Application > [2] > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XEM-113?focusedCommentId=25862&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-25862 > [3] http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/WIKITHREEDOTO-14 > [4] > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Workspace+Component > [5] http://wiki30-demo.xwiki.com > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Stanley Laufer > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nevermind. I see the comments on the JIRA. I'm not 100% how to >> implement, >> but will investigate. >> >> If anyone has developed documentation on how to do this, would you be >> willing forward? >> >> Thanks... >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Stanley Laufer <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > I see the following JIRA regarding this issue: >> > >> > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/WIKITHREEDOTO-14 >> > >> > >> > But I'm not seeing any details regarding the resolution. Was a >> > configuration option added to disable java rights checking for the >> current >> > user? I scanned through xwiki.cfg, but I'm not seeing anything >> related... >> > >> > Many thanks... >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Stanley Laufer < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> >> We're setting up a private XWiki wiki farm for our department. >> >> >> >> Everything is working perfectly except for the fact that non-admin >> users >> >> cannot create new wikis. We'd prefer to allow registered users to >> create >> >> wikis on their own, without involving the admin. >> >> >> >> Currently, when a non-admin user attempts to create a new wiki, they >> >> receive the following error: >> >> >> >> Wiki "testwiki9" creation failed: Error number 9001 in 5: Exception in >> >> plugin xpn.xwiki.plugin.wikimanager.Wiki Manager Plugin?< >> https://sliswiki.sjsu.edu/bin/edit/com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.wikimanager/WikiManagerPlugin?parent=WikiManager.CreateNewWiki >> >: >> >> You dont have right to create wiki >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there any way to customize XWiki to grant non-admin users the right >> to >> >> create new wikis. >> >> >> >> In the case of a private wiki farm, where our user base is known, it >> would >> >> seem safe to do this. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any feedback. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Stanley E. Laufer >> >> Network Administrator >> >> School of Library and Information Science >> >> San Jose State University >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Stanley E. Laufer >> > Network Administrator >> > School of Library and Information Science >> > San Jose State University >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Stanley E. Laufer >> Network Administrator >> School of Library and Information Science >> San Jose State University >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
