ScienceBBS

BBS engine for scientific discussion. It has the following features:

• Tex formula
• Free-hand schematic illustration
• Display JPEG, PNG, GIF, MPEG, etc.
• Attach files such as PDF.
• Running with PHP

There are following two type of BBS

• Without authentification.
• With Basic authentification

Without authentification

The usage is just to copy src/noauth/index.php into any HTTP/HTTPS server.

With Basic authentification

The usage is as follows:

1. Copy src/auth/index.php into any HTTP/HTTPS server.
2. Create .htaccess in the same directory. Its contents is as follows

   AuthUserFile DIRECTORY_NAME/.htpasswd
   AuthName GROUP-NAME
   AuthType Basic
   <Limit GET>
   require valid-user
   </Limit>
   

   where DIRECTORY_NAME is the full-path to the directory where index.php locates, GROUP-NAME is the appropriate owner group in that server.
3. Create password file and add first user with the following command:

   htpasswd -cm DIRECTORY_NAME/.htpasswd USER_NAME1
   chgrp GROUP-NAME DIRECTORY_NAME/.htpasswd
   chmod o-w DIRECTORY_NAME/.htpasswd

   whrere USER_NAME1 is the name of the first user.
4. Add other users (USER_NAME2) as follws:

   htpasswd -m DIRECTORY_NAME/.htpasswd USER_NAME2

5. The previous command is also used to change the password for any user (USER_NAME).

   htpasswd -m DIRECTORY_NAME/.htpasswd USER_NAME

6. To remove authentification for any user (USER_NAME), please type

   htpasswd -D DIRECTORY_NAME/.htpasswd USER_NAME