Quick and Dirty Guide to Setting up Access Control

• First of all, it is not really in the WikiCulture to restrict access in a Wiki. But if you want to restrict access to your pages, you can try this out.
• To make sure that only a set of authorized users can view/edit/rename your Twiki page(s), add the following text to the bottom of your page(s). (Each line starts with 3 spaces, an asterix and a space followed by the text)
  • Set ALLOWTOPICVIEW = < comma-delimited list of Users and Groups >
  • Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = < comma-delimited list of Users and Groups >
  • Set ALLOWTOPICRENAME = < comma-delimited list of Users and Groups >

• Make sure to add your Twiki name to the list so that you will be able to access your pages!
• By using HTML comments around the access control statements you can make it invisible in the normal viewing of pages.
• For a detailed and complete explanation of how to use Twiki Access Control visit the TWikiAccessControl page.

-- KutilaGunasekera - 04 Jul 2007