7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Access control
Registration
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Fig. 14.1
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If a user is known to the system, you can allow or prohibit him or
her from doing certain things. This is what is meant by access control.
For example, some areas are blocked to normal wiki users such
that they cannot even see them (e.g. preferences pages). Or, you can
limit the editing of pages affecting the public (e.g. the title page) to a
certain circle of users.
As you see, there are a variety of possible combinations of user
and access controls. We will first have a look at how to activate and
set authentication and access control. Subsequently, we will give
some thought to access models and their sense or nonsense in the
wiki.
14.2
Activating User Registration
Before you activate the authentication, it is advisable to set up your
own user account and register as an administrator. To do this, go to
the page Twiki.TWikiRegistration.
Caution: You should see a form here containing, among other
things, a box to enter your password. If this is not the case, you have
accessed the registration page for Intranet users. If so, move that
page to TWikiRegistrationIntranet. Search for the page TWikiRegistrationPub
and move it to TWikiRegistration.
14 User Permissions in TWiki