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PmWiki disable public edit

I recently Installed PmWiki and want to make a Site like this: http://medesign.seas.upenn.edu/index.php

But PmWiki is a wiki software so everyone have access to edit pages - I dont want to have this.

But I dont know how to make a page like my example, I found out that AuthUser is doing something like athorization, but I dont know how to setup it correctly, just for lonely pages with:

  • Restrict reading the SiteAdmin/AuthUser page to the @admins group.
  • Go to http://yourwiki.com/pmwiki.php?n=SiteAdmin/AuthUser&action=attr then put "@admins" in the "read" field''.
  • Now only the actual administrator can read the page (no one is in the @admins group at this time, and AuthUser is not turned on yet).
  • It will ask for a password. Use the one (example: itsmytemporarysecret) from the previous step.

So anybody can help me?

Solution

  • The steps provided will prevent access to http://yourwiki.com/pmwiki.php?n=SiteAdmin/AuthUser page only, not for other pages. Also, it will prevent reading instead of editing, since you have set @admins in read field.

    Here is a complete guide on how to activate AuthUser.

    Basically, you have to add these two lines in the end of local/config.php: include_once("$FarmD/scripts/authuser.php"); $DefaultPasswords['edit'] = array('@admins', 'id:USERNAME_1,USERNAME_2');

    Just make sure to change USERNAME_1,USERNAME_2to the users allowed to edit. So they doesn't need to be admins to edit a page.

    Another method is to set a site wide password, so anyone who knows it can edit.
    To do this, add the following line to the end of local/config.php:
    $DefaultPasswords['edit'] = crypt('edit_password');