[Phpwiki-talk] Simple security for phpwiki?

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Hi, I am pretty new to this, but am quite impressed with the power and 
possibilies of phpwiki (1.3.3) from what I have seen thus far. My 
question is fairly simple, and perhaps a way to do this already exists 
within the original 1.3.3 package:

What I want is either an (existing) way or a (simple) hack to create -- 
even if I must do it through editing the source files -- at least one 
user name and password OTHER than admin. Here's my concern:

I am getting ready to deploy some wikis to groups who want ONLY the 
allowed group members to be able to use the "edit this page" function. 
(They are concerned about others defacing the site.) They may wish for 
me to be the admin, or they may designate a group member for this role, 
but they do NOT want the other members to have admin powers -- just the 
ability to edit the pages, i.e. contribute new posts.

Now, if I understand it correctly, the BOGO login is pretty useless, as 
anyone can enter any wiki word to sign in, with no authentication 
(password) required -- which means that an "outsider" could spoof any 
username they chose.

And on the other end of the scale, full admin privileges (such as 
locking and removing pages) would not be appropriate for most of the 
group. Some other wikis do offer online registration of users (much 
like a message forum, it appears, complete with separate passwords, 
etc.), but we don't need anything that elaborate: Just ONE sign-in name 
and password which is only issued to the group, and which the admin (or 
webmaster, if there is no way to change this except through directly 
editing the source files) can change if it becomes necessary.

So, if any of you can point the way to solving this, I will greatly 
appreciate it. Naturally, it would be nice to be able to enter a LIST 
of users (even if only as webmaster and not via the admin functions) 
with individual passwords, but for now just one -- with USER powers 
only -- will suffice.

Thank you in advance for your help with this!      
       

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