TBWiki can be configured to grant different privileges to users based on user accounts.

Contents: Users Creating an account Editing your account information Account privileges Administrators Creating an account Administering accounts

Users [edit section]

TBwiki allows users to create accounts, which allow for customizing the settings for a user, or granting special privileges on the site.

Creating an account [edit section]

A user account can be created by selecting "Login", then clicking on the link "Create user account".

This will present a form for creating a new user.

If the wiki is not configured for user account creation, there will be a message indicating to contact the wiki administrator by email to have the administrator create the account for you.

Editing your account information [edit section]

To edit your account information, login using your account. Your account name should show as a link in the upper right of the page. Click on your account name, and you will be taken to a form for editing the values of your account.

Edit the values you wish to change, then click "Save"

Account privileges [edit section]

The wiki can be configured with different permission settings.

The three basic permissions are:

• read
• write
• admin

For now, permissions apply to the entire wiki, and not to individual pages.

The 'admin' privilege is set in the accounts of those users who should have administration rights to the wiki. This right allows a user to administer user accounts (and delete pages).

The wiki may be configured to require that a user be logged in to have write access. The write privilege allows for creating pages, editing pages, and editing database entries.

The wiki may be configured to require that a user be logged in to have read access. The read privilege allows for reading pages on the site, but does not allow a site visitor to change any information on the site.

Administrators [edit section]

Creating an account [edit section]

If config.user_creation_allowed is set to 0, then users cannot create accounts themselves. No link is provided on the user login page for users to create accounts.

Usually, this means that users will need to send an email to the wiki administrator in order to create an account for them.

To do this as administrator, you need to temporarily enable the 'user_creation_allowed' variable, by directly editing the cgi wrapper. Find the line with 'config.user_creation_allowed = 0' and change the 0 to 1. The cgi wrapper for the wiki is often found in /usr/lib/cgi-bin/<wiki-name>.cgi

Then create the account, by going through the link on the login page. Then disable the user_creation_allowed variable by setting it back to 0.

Administering accounts [edit section]

To see the list of user accounts, go to the Admin_Users page on the wiki where you wish to administer users.

This will show a list of user accounts, in table format.

You can delete accounts, or edit the values for an account.

Note that you must be an administer to access the list of users or to edit a user account besides your own.

Note that this uses the 'User' processor plugin.