[pmwiki-users] authuser and .htgroups

[H. Fox]

On 6/20/05, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> Then, protecting pages on the wiki uses the same mechanisms as
> default -- i.e., set per-page and per-group passwords using ?action=attr,
> except you can add "passwords" that look like
> 
>     id:bart           # only "bart" can do this
>     id:bart,nancy     # both "bart" and "nancy"
>     id:*              # anyone with a valid username/password
>     foobar id:bart    # only "bart" and anyone who knows the password "foobar"

Will compatibility with .htgroups be possible?  It would be easy to
maintain a file like this

editors: SomeUser SomeSecondUser
admins: SomeUser SomeThirdUser
uploaders: SomeFourthUser

and be able to use group:editors or group:editors,uploaders as "passwords".

One change in .htgroups could be equivalent to changing attributes on
many PmWiki pages.

This is especially important for sites that already use .htgroups.

Hagan