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text=PmWiki has built-in support for password-protecting various areas of the wiki site.  Passwords can be applied to individual pages, to [[WikiGroup]]s, or to the entire wiki site.  Note that the password protection mechanisms described here are only a small part of overall system (and wiki) security, see [[PmWiki.Security]] for more discussion of this.²²Authors can use PmWiki to add passwords to individual pages and WikiGroups as described in [[PmWiki.Passwords]].  However, [[WikiAdministrator]]s can also set passwords in [[local customization(s)]] files as described below.²²PmWiki supports several levels of access to wiki pages:²-> @@read@@ passwords allow viewing the contents of wiki pages²-> @@edit@@ passwords control editing and modification of wiki pages²-> @@attr@@ passwords control who is able to set passwords on pages (and potentially other future attributes)²-> if uploads are enabled, @@upload@@ passwords control uploading of files and attachments²²Finally, there is an @@admin@@ password that allows an administrator to override the passwords set for any individual page or group. ²²Pages have their passwords as "page attributes" that are accessed by using ?action=attr at the end of a URL.  Group passwords are held in a special page called "GroupAttributes" for each group.  Global site-wide passwords are controlled by the $DefaultPasswords array.  All passwords are stored in an encrypted format so that other users on the system cannot simply browse the contents of files to determine the passwords.²²By default, $DefaultPasswords is set with empty @@read@@, @@edit@@, and @@attr@@ passwords and locked @@admin@@ and @@upload@@ passwords.  In addition, as distributed, the Main.GroupAttributes and PmWiki.GroupAttributes have locked @@attr@@ passwords on them to prevent authors from setting passwords on pages in those groups.  (To change these passwords, use [[Main.GroupAttributes?action=attr]] or [[PmWiki.GroupAttributes?action=attr]].)²²To set the site-wide admin password to "@@mysecret@@", an administrator can place the following line in ''config.php'':²²    $DefaultPasswords['admin'] = crypt('mysecret');²²Of course, as written here anyone able to view ''config.php'' would immediately know the site's password, so some sites would like it to be encrypted in the ''config.php'' file as well.  Add @@?action=crypt@@ to the end of any PmWiki URL (or jump to [[{$Name}?action=crypt]]) and you'll be presented with a form to give you the encrypted form of the password.  For example, when the ''crypt'' action is given the password "@@mysecret@@", PmWiki gives back a string like ²²    [=$1$hMMhCdfT$mZSCh.BJOidMRn4SOUUSi1=]²²(it may be different on your system).  This string can then be put directly into ''config.php'' as:²    [=²    $DefaultPasswords['admin'] = '$1$hMMhCdfT$mZSCh.BJOidMRn4SOUUSi1';  ²    =]²²Note that in the encrypted form the ''crypt'' keyword and parentheses are removed, since the password is already encrypted.  Also, the encrypted password must be²in single quotes.  In this example the password is still "@@mysecret@@", but somebody looking at ''config.php'' won't be able to see that just from looking at the encrypted form.  ''Crypt'' may give you different encryptions for the same password--this is normal (and makes it harder for someone else to determine the original password).²²Similarly, you can set @@[=$DefaultPasswords['read']=]@@, @@[=$DefaultPasswords['edit']=]@@, and @@[=$DefaultPasswords['attr']=]@@ to control default @@read@@, @@edit@@, and @@attr@@ passwords for the entire site.  The default passwords are used only for pages and groups which do not have passwords set.  Also, each of the $DefaultPasswords values may be arrays of encrypted passwords.²²To remove a site password entirely, such as the default locked password for uploads, just set it to empty:²²    $DefaultPasswords['upload'] = '';²²In PmWiki, page passwords override group passwords, group passwords override the default passwords, and the admin password always allows access.  This gives a great deal of flexibility in controlling access to wiki pages in PmWiki.  ²²You can also use the special password "nopass" (defined by the $AllowPassword variable) via @@?action=attr@@ to have a non-password protected page within a password-protected group, or a non-password protected group with a site-wide default password set.²²To use PmWiki itself to set passwords on individual wiki pages and [[WikiGroup]]s via @@?action=attr@@, see [[PmWiki.Passwords]].²²%trail%<<|PmWiki.DocumentationIndex|>>
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