Free GSOC idea: Site Setup -> Users & Groups -> [ ] Disable logins
On IRC yesterday, Spanktar asked a question that comes up every so often (paraphrasing): "How do I disable logins while I do some maintenance on my Plone site?" Various suggests were offered, including davisagli's (paraphrasing): "I usually disable all the PAS auth plugins in acl_users" DING DING DING: LIGHT BULB MOMENT. I've seen this question asked enough times to think it might be nice if there were a checkbox in Site Setup -> Users & Groups to make it easy for end users to perform this action, if only someone were willing to do the work… -- Alex Clark · http://about.me/alex.clark
On 2013-04-19 11:36:25 +0000, Alex Clark said:
On IRC yesterday, Spanktar asked a question that comes up every so often (paraphrasing):
"How do I disable logins while I do some maintenance on my Plone site?"
Various suggests were offered, including davisagli's (paraphrasing):
"I usually disable all the PAS auth plugins in acl_users"
DING DING DING: LIGHT BULB MOMENT. I've seen this question asked enough times to think it might be nice if there were a checkbox in Site Setup -> Users & Groups to make it easy for end users to perform this action, if only someone were willing to do the work…
And… wrong list! Sorry for the noise. -- Alex Clark · http://about.me/alex.clark
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