[pmwiki-users] PITS vs. JITS

[Sivakatirswami]

Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 12:52:30AM -0500, Doug Johnson wrote:
>> And if you think that either AuthUser or ZAP is a must have, I'd be 
>> interested in those thoughts also.
> 
> I think AuthUser is useful if you're going to have multiple people
> interacting on the wiki even if it's an internal wiki.  On our work wiki
> I use AuthUser with HtpasswdForm and settings to require author names
> and to force the author names to be the same as the logins.
> 
> Advantages:
> - self-registration makes it easier for both the users and the admin
> - having users rather than just passwords makes it possible to give
>   one set of users additional or different privileges (such as enabling
>   more savvy users to set attributes or delete pages)
> - easier to track who did what, since people are forced to use
>   consistent IDs
> - no need to change sensitive passwords when people leave

I was just about to implement a plain passwords system...
But I do have multiple users, and growing... and
but seeing the phrase "self-registration" makes me think.

I'm here looking thru the htpasswdForm recipe on Pmwiki.org

But..can't understand:

"Self-registration" implies anyone can create a new user
but if you don't want your site to be public...

How do you limit who can actually create a new user?

  I think of self-registration like a Yahoo group
where anyone can do it. But on our wiki I need to be
able to decide who can get in....but we don't
want to force a double authentication requirement
for those who are already registered.

Sivakatirswami