On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:11:07 -0700 (PDT), Brion Vibber vibber@aludra.usc.edu gave utterance to the following:
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Richard Grevers wrote:
I don't see a problem of unwikiness. I am involved in two confidential projects which use UseMod wiki where editing is restricted to a smallish (about 50) pool of people (one has a slightly larger reading pool), and having access control as part of the software would be much more convenient then having to use httpd authentication (always enter via the same URL etc)
I should point out that you _don't_ need to enter via the same URL for HTTP authentication -- going to any page in the protected zone without sending the auth info will prompt a password request.
And most browsers will happily store your username/ password and automatically send it, if your machines/user accounts are considered secure enough. If you just want to restrict editing, not viewing, then obviously that won't do, but if you want to restrict viewing, that's exactly what it was designed for.
In my experience, if I follow a link into a subpage in the protected directory rather than the index page (where my browser does store the login) or if I follow an URL which includes the user/pass (as I might in a bookmark) then if I follow any link from that first page I have to log in a second time. This happens on several browsers.