[Pmwiki-users] User based security?

Dave Noonan PmWiki
Tue Feb 24 19:01:04 CST 2004


	I'm interested in this too.  I'm already getting info on the logged in 
user and using it to set the $Author.  If there was an insert to have it 
check the $Author before allowing a read/edit/admin that would be great.
-- 
Dave
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J. Perkins wrote:

> Now that Pm has that new layout system in place, I'm sure he's looking 
> for something to occupy his spare time... ;)
> 
> I had been working on a "user security" addon for 0.5.x, but abandoned 
> it when the author-tracking stuff was added to 0.6. I would like to have 
> a way to control access to the wiki on a user level, rather than having 
> "site", "group", and "page" passwords. In my case, the people being 
> allowed access changes rather frequently, and some users are 
> understandably annoyed when they have to remember a new set of passwords.
> 
> Anyway, before I start trying to do this myself, are there any plans to 
> make such a system part of the official distribution? On any other 
> project I would just start coding, but Pm is so darn fast he's liable to 
> have this and ten other features done before my post even hits the list.
> 
> Thanks, and keep up the great work!
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 




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