Question

When I'm using BulkRegistration to register new users, the program adds the new users to the TWikiUsers list and the users appear also in the .htpasswd file but it doesn't create the respective UserTopics which are necessary for BulkResetPassword (without a UserTopic the new users do not appear in the password reset list).

Strangely, after clicking the button "Bulk register these people", I get a page without content (only the TWiki logos, frame elemenst, etc.) but there is no error message or warning.

When I created the user topics manually, the rest of the registration process seemed to work fine.

The problem only appeared after an upgrade to version 4.1.2 (the previous version was 4.0.5 and worked fine).

What could be the reason?

Environment

-- HeikeJohannsen - 14 Jun 2007

Answer

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Is there anything in the error logs?

Does TWikiRegistrationAgent has the permission to change the Main web? Perhaps you have set the CHANGE permission in Main web to TWikiAdminGroup only?

-- FrankSpangenberg - 14 Jun 2007

You are right. The TWikiRegistrationAgent actually didn't have the permission to change the Main web. I changed that and tried it out and everything works fine now. Thank you very much!

-- HeikeJohannsen - 15 Jun 2007

I'm attempting to solve an identical problem in TWiki 6.0.2. Could someone please elaborate on the given solution?

From the answers to https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/BulkRegistrationNotWorking, it seems like I'm looking for the ALLOWCHANGEWEB setting for the Main web to add TWikiRegistrationAgent to. I can't find this setting anywhere. Is there perhaps a relative URL where I might find such a setting? Or is it called something else now?

Thanks!

-- TWiki Guest - 2016-03-16

I have never used bulk registration, so I do not really know.

However, in case you already locked down the Main web (such as to TWikiAdminGroup) and you want to allow registrations, you need to add TWikiRegistrationAgent; in your Main.WebPreferences topic modify the ALLOWWEBCHANGE bullet as follows:

• Set ALLOWWEBCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup, TWikiRegistrationAgent

-- Peter Thoeny - 2016-03-16

There it is! For anyone else stopping by with the same problem, the typical relative URL is .../view/Main/WebPreferences, with ALLOWWEBCHANGE under "Access Control and Security." Mine was blank; I set it to

*Set ALLOWWEBCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup, TWikiRegistrationAgent

This did not solve the problem, but I'll take that to the main Support page.

Thanks, Peter!

-- TWiki Guest - 2016-03-16