[Pmwiki-users] Re: PmWiki development - User Authentication

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud
Mon Jun 7 12:18:15 CDT 2004


On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:31:30PM -0700, Steven Leite wrote:
> > First, I have some questions--when someone comes to a page on the
> > site for the first time the controls will be hidden.  How should
> > an editor or other authorized person get the controls to appear...
> > is there a "login" link or something for them to follow?  Or perhaps
> > editors should be required to go to a login page of some sort
> > and after that they can see the controls?
> 
> Since MOST of the users will be regular users (as opposed to admins, or
> editors with special privliges), I'd say a special log-in page (instead
> of a link on every page).  That doesn't mean a link on every page
> couldn't be an option (see below:  --Links On Every Page--).  I think a
> special ?action=login would be sufficient.  That way the admin could
> make a link or special page with the ?action=login part of a hyperlink
> to make the job easier.

Okay, this works for me.  As for the rest, it got waaay too complex
for me to follow in a first reading, which means it's probably more
complexity than I want to implement at this point, especially when
one starts talking about specialized interfaces, groups, hierarchies,
etc.

In general I think it's better if complex administrative functions are 
performed either at the level of PHP configuration files or via the contents
of one or more wiki pages.  Creating specialized web forms for features
adds a *lot* of complexity and security concerns into the system.

More later.

Pm




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