[OctDev] Re: Oddmuse Passwords (was Re: Website Updates) (fwd)

[Etienne G. <et...@cs...>]

  Hi All,

who wants a password to edit the wiki? This offer is for non-spammers
only! If you qualify, send me your password and I'll add it to the
list of passwords. This should at last loosen a little bit the
conditions for editors.

  You or anyone else can then use your pwd from anywhere. For our
security, please [1] <<"log out" if you are "logged in" from a public
terminal, by using the password action and not providing a password.>>
Logging in/out, aka "using the password action," would be done by
going to http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?action=password.

  Is everyone ok w/ this? 

  Cheers,

  Etienne

On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 06:42:11PM -0500, Bill Denney wrote:
# You mentioned in the previous e-mail that you didn't know how to set 
# passwords on oddmuse.  Here is the info.
# 
# Bill
# 
# -- 
# "hee hee, i have a pony."  -- Amy Feingold
# 
# 
# ---------- Forwarded message ----------
# Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:43:10 -0500 (EST)
# From: Bill Denney <de...@se...>
# To: et...@cs..., et...@is..., 
# eti...@la...
# Cc: to...@ku..., mai...@oc...
# Subject: Re: Website Updates
# 
# According to http://www.oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Passwords, you can add a 
# variable to the config file called $EditPass with a space separated list of 
# passwords:
# 
# $EditPass
# 
# Default: empty
# 
# This is a string containing a list of passwords separated by whitespace. 
# Thus, 'foo bar' defines two passwords, 'foo' and 'bar'. Any user having set 
# one of these passwords is considered to be an editor for the wiki.
# 
# Bill
# 
# On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
# 
# >
# > Hi All,
# >
# >we can try to set the wiki w/ a password, if oddmuse (the wiki prog)
# >allows. If someone knows exactly what should be done, send me
# >braindead instructions and I can give it a try. Since I am traveling
# >until the 21st, I can only spend a wee bit of time at a time on this
# >question; else I can look into it after the 21st. Else you can send me
# >your IP and I can add it to the wiki so you can edit.
# >
# > Cheers, thx for proposing to contribute & sorry for the hurdle
# > before allowing you to edit the wiki...
# >
# > Etienne
# >
[snip]

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Etienne Grossmann ------ http://www.cs.uky.edu/~etienne