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git-svn-id: http://svn.foswiki.org/trunk/LoginNameAliasesPlugin@672 0b4bb1d4-4e5a-0410-9cc4-b2b747904278
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SvenDowideit authored and SvenDowideit committed Nov 15, 2008
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions data/TWiki/LoginNameAliasesPlugin.txt
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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ variable set by the web server) to usernames. Most settings for the plugin are
controlled on this page. See TWiki.LoginNameAliasesPluginDoc for documentation on how to use the plugin and what these settings mean.


*IMPORTANT: For security reasons, this page should only be editable by people in the %MAINWEB%.WikiAdminGroup.*
*IMPORTANT: For security reasons, this page should only be editable by people in the %MAINWEB%.AdminGroup.*

Because of security considerations, the plugin is not active unless a variable is set in TWiki.cfg.

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</verbatim>


* Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = %MAINWEB%.WikiAdminGroup
* Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = %MAINWEB%.AdminGroup

2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion data/TWiki/LoginNameAliasesPluginDoc.txt
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Expand Up @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ There are obvious security risks with allowing arbitrary user names to get mappe
* The plugin does not do anything unless $useLoginNameAliasesPlugin is set
in TWiki.cfg.
* The plugin configuration topic, [[TWiki.LoginNameAliasesPlugin][TWiki.LoginNameAliasesPlugin]], should have
access permissions set such that only people in the %MAINWEB%.WikiAdminGroup (or other people who can be trusted) can change it. By default, the topic is distributed with this access restriction.
access permissions set such that only people in the %MAINWEB%.AdminGroup (or other people who can be trusted) can change it. By default, the topic is distributed with this access restriction.

---++ Caution
Misconfiguration of this plugin could cause problems for TWiki operation, and/or create various security problems.
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