On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:11:07 -0700 (PDT), Brion Vibber
<vibber(a)aludra.usc.edu> gave utterance to the following:
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Richard Grevers wrote:
I don't see a problem of unwikiness. I am
involved in two confidential
projects which use UseMod wiki where editing is restricted to a smallish
(about 50) pool of people (one has a slightly larger reading pool), and
having access control as part of the software would be much more
convenient
then having to use httpd authentication (always enter via the same URL
etc)
I should point out that you _don't_ need to enter via the same URL for
HTTP authentication -- going to any page in the protected zone without
sending the auth info will prompt a password request.
And most browsers will happily store your username/ password and
automatically send it, if your machines/user accounts are considered
secure enough. If you just want to restrict editing, not viewing, then
obviously that won't do, but if you want to restrict viewing, that's
exactly what it was designed for.
In my experience, if I follow a link into a subpage in the protected
directory rather than the index page (where my browser does store the
login) or if I follow an URL which includes the user/pass (as I might in a
bookmark) then if I follow any link from that first page I have to log in a
second time. This happens on several browsers.
--
Richard Grevers
Bureaucrats cut red tape - lengthwise