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diff --git a/TWiki/TWikiUserAuthentication.mdwn b/TWiki/TWikiUserAuthentication.mdwn index a4e8b1bc..faab0ccc 100644 --- a/TWiki/TWikiUserAuthentication.mdwn +++ b/TWiki/TWikiUserAuthentication.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ -TWiki does not authenticate users internally, it depends on the `REMOTE_USER` environment variable. This variable is set when you enable basic authentication or authentication via SSL (https protocol) +## <a name="TWiki_Authentication"> TWiki Authentication </a> + +TWiki does not authenticate users internally, it depends on the <code>**REMOTE\_USER**</code> environment variable. This variable is set when you enable basic authentication or authentication via SSL (https protocol) TWiki keeps track who made changes to topics at what time. This gives a complete audit trail of changes. No special installation steps need to be performed in case the server is already autenticated. If not you can opt for one of these: * Forget about authentication. All changes will be registered as %MAINWEB%.TWikiGuest user, e.g. you can't tell who made changes. -* Use basic authentication for the `edit` and `attach` scripts. [TWiki Installation](TWikiDocumentation#installation) tells you more about that. +* Use basic authentication for the <code>**edit**</code> and <code>**attach**</code> scripts. [[TWikiDocumentation]] tells you more about that. * Use SSL to authenticate and secure the whole server. -The `REMOTE_USER` environment variable is only set for the scripts that are under authentication. If for example the `edit`, `save` and `preview` scripts are authenticated, but not `view`, you would get your [[WikiName]] in `preview` for the <code>%WIKIUSERNAME%</code> variable, but `view` will show `TWikiGuest` instead of your WikiName. +The <code>**REMOTE\_USER**</code> environment variable is only set for the scripts that are under authentication. If for example the <code>**edit**</code>, <code>**save**</code> and <code>**preview**</code> scripts are authenticated, but not <code>**view**</code>, you would get your [[WikiName]] in <code>**preview**</code> for the <code>**%WIKIUSERNAME%**</code> variable, but <code>**view**</code> will show <code>**TWikiGuest**</code> instead of your WikiName. + +There is a way to tell TWiki to remember the user for the scripts that are not authenticated, e.g. for the case where the <code>**REMOTE\_USER**</code> environment variable is not set. TWiki can be configured to remember the IP address / username pair whenever an authentication happens (edit topic, attach file). Once remembered, the non authenticated scripts like <code>**view**</code> will show the correct username instead of <code>**TWikiGuest**</code>. You can enable this by setting the <code>**$doRememberRemoteUser**</code> flag in <code>**TWiki.cfg**</code>. TWiki persistently stores the IP address / username pairs in file <code>**$remoteUserFilename**</code>, which is <code>**"$dataDir/remoteusers.txt"**</code> by default. Please note that this can fail in case the IP address changes due to dynamically assigned IP addresses or proxy servers. -There is a way to tell TWiki to remember the user for the scripts that are not authenticated, e.g. for the case where the `REMOTE_USER` environment variable is not set. TWiki can be configured to remember the IP address / username pair whenever an authentication happens (edit topic, attach file). Once remembered, the non authenticated scripts like `view` will show the correct username instead of `TWikiGuest`. You can enable this by setting the `$doRememberRemoteUser` flag in `wikicfg.pm`. TWiki persistently stores the IP address / username pairs in file `$remoteUserFilename`, which is `"$dataDir/remoteusers.txt"` by default. Please note that this can fail in case the IP address changes due to dynamically assigned IP addresses or proxy servers. Test: You are %WIKIUSERNAME%. +Test: You are %WIKIUSERNAME%. --- [[Main/PeterThoeny]] - 02 Nov 2000 <br /> +-- [[PeterThoeny]] - 16 Mar 2001 <br /> |