[pmwiki-users] AuthUser - I don't just get it

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Mon Jun 26 15:00:03 CDT 2006


On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 08:18:17PM +0200, Jan Erik Moström wrote:
> I'm experimenting with a new site and want to have individual logins for users
> (read for all, write only for accounts) and from what I understand I should use
> AuthUser to do this.
> 
> I've followed the instructions on the AuthUser page (I hope) and on the
> Site.AuthUser I entered a test user
> 
> kalle: (:encrypt anka:)
> 
> and saved it, on Main.HomePage I entered "id:kalle" as edit and attribute
> passwords.
> 
> Now if I've understood things correctly this should prompt me for user/password
> when I try to edit the page. I use another browser to test and as expected I'm
> asked for user/password, I fill in kalle/anka but it doesn't work, I just get an
> "Name/password not recognized".
> 
> So I'm missing something ... but what?

Sounds like it should work.  Do you have the line

    include_once('scripts/authuser.php');

somewhere in your config.php file?  Are cookies enabled on your browser?  

Pm




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