Question

I've been configuring User Authentication as per the installation manual with .htaccess/.htpasswd protection for editing etc, but when a new user registers .htpasswd is not being updated. All the other functions seem to work. The register script is being called because the user is being created in TWiki; I can change the password of an existing user who already has a manually-created entry in .htpasswd; the username/password pairs in .htpasswd are being read and used by apache authentication. It's just new users that are not getting added. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why the register script isn't updating the .htpasswd file? Any ideas?

Environment

-- ChrisStoddart - 02 Mar 2004 if( $remoteUser ) { htpasswdAddUser( htpasswdGeneratePasswd( $remoteUser, $passwordA ) ); }

Answer

I've figured it out; the register script in /bin contains the line

if( ! $remoteUser ) {

htpasswdAddUser( htpasswdGeneratePasswd( $wikiName, $passwordA ) );

}

for adding to the .htpasswd file. So if you want to use a TWikiRegistration topic that contains an intranet login field, then .htpasswd will never be updated. I commented the '!' out of the if statement above and now it ONLY works provided an intranet login name IS submitted. Since I have made it a compulsory field in my TWikiRegistration topic, there should be no problems.