[Phpwiki-talk] Configuring authentication in a new install of 1.3.11

[William L. <le...@k2...>]

Hello,
    I started using phpwiki a long while ago, and I am trying to finally 
upgrade from the 1.2 series to 1.3. So far I've managed to get 1.3.11 up 
and running, and I managed to dump the pages from 1.2 and load them into 
1.3 so in total things are running smooth. Sadly there is one hitch 
thats keeping me from taking down the 1.2 wiki, and replacing it with 1.3.
    In the past I had been using HTTP Auth to authenticate my users, but 
that meant that anyone that wanted to edit the wiki had to go through 
me, and I had to add an account for them. Its really become quite a 
pain. So to make life a little easier for all involved I want to change 
how things are operated. So to that end I have created this list of goals.

1. Allow users to create their own account.
2. Require users to use a password.
3. Allow anonymous viewing.
4. Require Authenticated Editing.

    From what I have read so far it seems like this should be possible, 
but I haven't quite yet hit on the right combination of settings to make 
this work. Does anyone have advice for me, or is anyone willing to show 
me how to do it. Where the user information is stored isn't an issue, 
although I would prefer PersonalPage or SQL DB.

    I'm perfectly capable of creating a sign-up page that inserts 
records into the user table, and doing it that way, but I'd rather not 
if there is a better way.

Thanks,
-Will