Question

We have had trouble with our searches on hidden webs, similar to that described in SearchFailingOnTWikiWeb for some time and couldn't figure out what was going on. When we upgraded to the new version of TWiki, we encountered similar results with a calendar we had set up to receive input from a comment box (using CommentPlugIn). When I installed the GnuSkin this morning, which echos the current login. It turns out that searching, or using a comment box, morphs me to TWikiGuest. How can I make users retain their identities so that access control works properly, or make it possible to only ALLOWWEBCHANGE as TWikiGuest? Moreover, why did the comment boxes work fine with the calendar under the previous version? Yes I knew it posted as TWikiGuest, but didn't mind because I could keep the real guests where there were proper facilities for their care. And the poster was still him- or herself.

Things I've Checked

I'm undoubtedly missing something perfectly obvious. My apologies. These are the things I've done to try to find the problem myself:

• Checked testenv. It's clean. The only warning left is about locale:
  • Warning: Unable to set locale to en_US.ISO-8859-1, actual locale is C - please test your locale settings.
• Made sure the the locks in the *,v RCS files belong to www-data (the apache username)
• Checked the NOSEARCHALL settings on the hidden webs. They are as follows:

  • Set NOSEARCHALL = on

• Checked all the settings for Selective Unrestricted Web Access listed in TWikiAccessControl
• Searched for answers in AnsweredQuestions
• Entered the acceptance phase of the problem, and posted here.

Environment

-- SaraYurman - 23 Aug 2003

Answer

Aha! found it myself, so I thought I'd post it just in case it helps someone else. The

$doRememberRemoteUser = "1";

-- SaraYurman - 23 Aug 2003