SID-00542: Topic access restrictions not working

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.3.1	Perl version:	5.2.6-1
Category:	CategoryAccessControl	Server OS:	Debian Linux 5.0, kernal 2.6.26-1-686	Last update:	16 years ago

Hey all,

We recently installed the latest twiki package on a fresh Debian box. There are no plugins installed that aren't part of the normal install package. Twiki's config page shows no warnings as well.

Everything seems to work except for topic access restriction. Here's the rundown of what I've tried: 1. Go to the topic preference page for the topic I want to restrict. 2. Type in "ALLOWTOPICVIEW = SomePerson" and save. 3. When I view the topic preference after saving, it's blank. 4. The topic is still readable by everyone.

Since it doesn't seem to save the preference, I then tried placing the ALLOWTOPICVIEW command on the page itself. The topic is saved, and the command is shown on the page. Still, everyone has read access to the topic.

Tried searching the support web for an answer, but came up empty handed. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-- JesseRusk - 2009-09-25

Discussion and Answer

Make sure the settings in the topic preferences screen are real bullets, e.g. three spaces, an asterisk, a space, followed by Set ALLOWTOPICVIEW = Main.SomePerson

Details in TWikiAccessControl.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-09-28

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