From 50b59896d97511ee6f4ace6c42b63462b45abd53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:14:33 -0500 Subject: web commit by JeremyReed: Document account_creation_password -- some of this text taken from original todo. --- doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn index 84c63c4af..22a0776ed 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn @@ -7,3 +7,11 @@ changing passwords in the prefs page. It is enabled by default, but can be turned off if you want to only use some other form of authentication, such as [[httpauth]] or [[openid]]. + +When the *account\_creation\_password* configuration option is enabled with +a pass-phrase, this plugin supports an "account creation password" as a +simplistic anti-spam measure. +(Some wikis edited by a particular group use an account creation password +as an "ask an existing member to get an account" system.) + + -- cgit v1.2.3