netfrag.org allows to define some restrictions of who is allowed to make changes and attach files to topics.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Is is recommended to use the access control feature only if absolutely necessary because it goes against the free WikiCulture, where everybody is invited to contribute to any topic.

Users and Groups

Access control is based on users and groups.

Users are defined by the user topics in the Main web, i.e. TWikiGuest?

Groups are defined by group topics in the Main web, i.e. TWikiAdminGroup

Access Control for Individual Topics

You can define some restrictions of who is allowed to make changes and attach files to a topic.

Define one or both of these variables in a topic, preferably at the end of the topic:

DENYTOPICCHANGE defines users or groups that are not allowed to make changes to the topic. It is a comma delimited list of users and groups. Example:
    * Set DENYTOPICCHANGE = Main.SomeBadBoy, Main.SomeBadGirl, Main.SomeHackerGroup

ALLOWTOPICCHANGE defines users or groups that are allowed to make changes to the topic. It is a comma delimited list of users and groups. Example:
    * Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = Main.SomeGoodGuy, Main.SomeGoodGirl, Main.TWikiAdminGroup

DENYTOPICCHANGE is evaluated before ALLOWTOPICCHANGE. Access is denied if the authenticated person is in the DENYTOPICCHANGE list, or not in the ALLOWTOPICCHANGE list. Access is granted in case DENYTOPICCHANGE and ALLOWTOPICCHANGE is not defined.

Access Control per netfrag.org Web

You can define some restrictions of who is allowed to make changes and attach files to topics or create new topics in a netfrag.org web.

Define one or both of these variable in the WebPreferences topic:

The same rules apply like the one for Access Control for Individual Topics; with these additions:

Related topics: TWikiPreferences, WebPreferences (in every web), TWikiAdminGroup

-- PeterThoeny? - 28 Oct 2000