[Moin-user] disabling self-registration

[Christopher MacMinn]

>
> > Is there an easy way to set up moinmoin so that new users have to email
> > me to get a login rather than register themselves?
>
> You can do it by acls
>
> acl_rights_before = u"YourName:read,write,admin,delete,revert"
> acl_rights_default = u"UserGroup:read,write All:read"
>
> and on the page UserGroup you can add a acl line which gives only you
> write rights.
>
> Then the newbies have to ask you to become added to that page and only
> users on that page have write access.
>
> Additional you can enable in your the settings to be notified by a user
> creation.
>


Just to be clear, this limits new users from editing pages until they are
approved, but still account creation is completely open to anyone.

Still, maybe this gives the behavior that the original poster really
wanted... I don't know.

Best, C




> > I've set up a moin
> > wiki mainly for use as a quick and easy web publishing tool for stuff
> > I've written myself, and I'm thinking that this would be an easy way to
> > prevent it getting spammed while still allowing people I know or meet on
> > the net to make comments if they ask me first.
> >
> > The only way I can think of doing it is to modify or delete the file
> > .../lib/python2.5/site-packages/MoinMoin/action/newaccount.py
> >
> > But this seems a bit awkward and tricky so it would be good if there
> > were an easier way.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > andy
> >
> >
> >
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