[pmwiki-users] AuthUser and no username

[Shi Sherebrin]

Mike wrote:
...
> I would like to set up a couple of users with editing rights. These
> should get their user/pass combinations like "mike/pass1" etc.
> Furthermore, I'd like the whole group/page to be read-protected as well,
> but for reading I don't need a differentiation by username, but would
> like to simply distribute one single password.
> 
> Would there be a way to achieve this? For editing, use AuthUser-like
> user/pass combinations, whereas for reading everything works with a
> simple password like in the original PmWiki distribution?

why not just set id:* as the authorized reader?  that way anyone who is 
logged in has read permissions.