Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Trac


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05/13/11 12:47:53 (13 years ago)
Author:
Nick Holden
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    1616== Access controls ==
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    18 The current system is configured to require password for all access preventing external users from viewing our wiki pages, which means we are unable to share things on the wiki with people outside the core BRICCS development team.
     18The current system is configured to require password for all write access preventing external users from editing our wiki pages. However, public viewing of the trac wiki is possible, which means we are able to share things on the wiki with people outside the core BRICCS development team.
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    2020Based on experience with AstroGrid, the ability to point from people outside the project at pages on our wiki was extremely useful for facilitating discussion and getting advice and ideas from people outside the project.
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    2424The current system uses a simple htacces password file to handle user authentication.
    25 There is a Trac module for storing passwords in a database, which should makes managing user accounts and passwords a lot easier.
    26 We will need to install this before we issue passwords to the hospital staff.
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     26Add passwords to the password file (crypt encrypted by default) by:
     27[root@briccs-7 trac]# htpasswd /var/local/briccs/trac/conf/briccs.htpasswd firstname.surname
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     29There is a Trac module for storing passwords in a database, which should makes managing user accounts and passwords a lot easier. We should consider whether we need to install this before we issue passwords to the hospital staff. Depends how many people need write access.