Re: [tlug] wiki permission requirements

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 20/11/06, Romans Malinovskis <romaninsh@example.com> wrote:

> I'm starting a new thread, because the "wiki" went too far off-topic
> into USB and database comparisons.

Good idea. :)

> So if i understand correctly, our problem is:
>
>   - need a mediawiki (many prefer it)
>   - need access restriction rules.

Yes.

> This all depends on one question:
>
>   How much of the management we need:
>
>   1 page access restriction
>   2 page groups and restrictions for page group
>   3 password only restrictions
>   4 user/password restriction
>   5 user groups
>   6 single-access user management interface (separate user/password
> for user management)
>   7 multi-level user management (some users may administer others)
>   8 page editing restrictions
>   9 wildcards (ie restrict access to page names matching pattern)
>
> My opinion is 1+2+4+7+8+9.

This is great, I guess, but all we *really* need is a simple binary
toggle: you login with the email address that is subscribed to the
list and some password (probably not the Mailman password, as it seems
less than secure) and you get full editing permissions. That should
probably suffice for now.

Finer-grained permissions would be nice, so that we could have a
certain subset of pages that only TLUG officers can edit (like meeting
pages and such), but the static website will serve in its stead.

> To move things forward, I'll do some experiments with wiki and
> restrictions and will share the details.

That would be lovely. Maybe you can use Alain's instructions as a
starting point:

http://www.tlug.jp/ML/0611/msg00332.html

> p.s. i couldn't participate in a brainstorming yesterday.. sunday,
> family :)

Sounds like your priorities are seriously out of whack! ;)

-Josh