[pmwiki-users] Re: questions about user authentication
chr at home.se
chr at home.se
Tue Apr 12 21:43:08 CDT 2005
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
Just checking a thing here. On my company wiki, the access to uploaded
files must be restricted - security through obscurity is not an option.
The only way to restrict file access is via .htaccess/.htpasswd/.htgroup,
right?
> Q1: What sort of interface do you want/need for adding user identifiers
> and passwords into the system?
Since I'll always be using .htpasswd etc, an editor and/or command line is
fine by me for interface.
> Q2: What sorts of features are needed for users who have forgotten
> their passwords?
A feature that gives them a slap in the face? ;-)
> Q4: Is anyone interested in being able to authenticate against
> standard ".htpasswd" files?
Yes - I'd definitely prefer only maintaining one set of user/passwords
> (If so, would you need an interface to create/maintain such files...?)
I don't think an interface is strictly needed, but it could certainly be
useful for people who aren't used to manually edit them.
> Q5: How soon would you likely start to use or implement user
> authorization on your site(s) once these features are available?
If I weren't too busy right now, I'd start using it straight away. This is
definitely something that the company wiki needs.
/Christian
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Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
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