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| author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-08-07 11:48:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-08-07 11:48:52 -0400 |
| commit | 104539c5364097ad5082761da305dda95b140c0d (patch) | |
| tree | 906e5df940eb76702e14907abd36a58449275718 /doc/plugins | |
| parent | d926c4aca9679cf2f259bd8bb0ee678eed43e30d (diff) | |
| download | ikiwiki-104539c5364097ad5082761da305dda95b140c0d.tar ikiwiki-104539c5364097ad5082761da305dda95b140c0d.tar.gz | |
clarify that this uses REMOTE_USER CGI
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn index 0eda5554f..2fae07739 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ [[!tag type/auth]] This plugin allows HTTP basic authentication to be used to log into the -wiki. +wiki. In this mode, the web browser authenticates the user by some means, +and sets the `REMOTE_USER CGI` environment variable. This plugin trusts +that if that variable is set, the user is authenticated. ## fully authenticated wiki |