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| author | Peter Thoeny <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2001-03-16 09:05:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Thoeny <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2001-03-16 09:05:34 +0000 |
| commit | 96655b4c33d9836869957fe01f2bf56d1076c406 (patch) | |
| tree | 879249e115370ab78a7d7a43c555cba089324a5f /TWiki | |
| parent | 27cc54b2cd5388eebfe797cdf636c2160cf29b43 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | TWiki/TWikiUsernameVsLoginUsername.mdwn | 10 |
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diff --git a/TWiki/TWikiUsernameVsLoginUsername.mdwn b/TWiki/TWikiUsernameVsLoginUsername.mdwn index cccdf5f9..e2343a5c 100644 --- a/TWiki/TWikiUsernameVsLoginUsername.mdwn +++ b/TWiki/TWikiUsernameVsLoginUsername.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ +## <a name="TWiki_Username_vs_Login_Username"> TWiki Username vs. Login Username </a> + This section only applies to you in case the server where %WIKITOOLNAME% is installed is authenticated and on an Intranet. %WIKITOOLNAME% manages internally two usernames: Login username and Wiki username. -* **Login username:** When you login to the Intranet you use your login username, i.e. `pthoeny`. This name is passed to %WIKITOOLNAME% by the `REMOTE_USER` environment variable. %WIKITOOLNAME% uses this name internally to log topic changes. Login usernames are maintained by your system administrator. -* **Wiki username:** Is your name in [[WikiNotation]], i.e. `PeterThoeny`. Your [[WikiName]] will be created when you register in [[TWikiRegistration]]; doing so will also create your personal home page. +* **Login username:** When you login to the Intranet you use your existing login username, i.e. <code>**pthoeny**</code>. This name is passed to %WIKITOOLNAME% by the <code>**REMOTE\_USER**</code> environment variable. %WIKITOOLNAME% uses this name internally to log topic changes. Login usernames are maintained by your system administrator. +* **Wiki username:** Is your name in [[WikiNotation]], i.e. <code>**PeterThoeny**</code>. Your [[WikiName]] will be created when you register in [[TWikiRegistration]]; doing so will also create your personal home page. -**Note:** When you refer to a [[WikiName]] of a user (your own or somebody else's) be sure to specify the %MAINWEB% web in front of the Wiki username, e.g. write <code>%MAINWEB%.WikiUsername</code> or <code>%MAINWEB%.WikiUsername</code>. This assures that the name will be linked automatically to the %WIKITOOLNAME%.%MAINWEB% web, even if the text is written in a different %WIKITOOLNAME% web. +**_Note:_** When you refer to a [[WikiName]] of a user (your own or somebody else's) be sure to specify the %MAINWEB% web in front of the Wiki username, e.g. write <code>**%MAINWEB%.WikiUsername**</code> or <code>**%MAINWEB%.WikiUsername**</code>. This assures that the name will be linked automatically to the %WIKITOOLNAME%.%MAINWEB% web, even if the text is written in a different %WIKITOOLNAME% web. %WIKITOOLNAME% can map the Intranet username to the Wiki username automatically, provided that the Login username and Wiki username pair has been entered in the %MAINWEB%.%WIKIUSERSTOPIC% topic. This happens automatically when you register. --- [[Main/PeterThoeny]] - 02 Nov 2000 <br /> +-- [[PeterThoeny]] - 16 May 2001 <br /> |