MakingPasswordRequestsExplicit

Summary: How can we tell which password is requested?

Version: 1.0

Prerequisites: PmWiki 2.0

Status:

Maintainer:

Categories: Security Layout

Discussion: MakingPasswordRequestsExplicit-Talk

PmWiki version tested: 2.0.beta36

Question

How can we tell which password is requested?

Answer

Place the following in local/config.php:

For version pmwiki 2.0.beta29 to 2.0.beta36:

=$AuthPromptFmt=array(&$PageStartFmt,
  "<p><b>A password is required to ".
    ($_GET['action']=='upload'?"  reach file uploads":
      ($_GET['action']=='attr'?"  administer":
       ($_GET['action']=='edit'?" edit":
         "read"))." this page")."</b></p>
  <form name='authform' action='{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}' method='post'>
      Password: <input tabindex='1' type='password' name='authpw' value='' />
    <input type='submit' value='OK' />$postvars</form>
  If you forgot your password, please contact ...
  <script language='javascript'><!--
    document.authform.authpw.focus() //--></script>", &$PageEndFmt);

For pmwiki version ... up to 2.0.beta28

$SessionAuthFmt=array(&$HTMLStartFmt,
  "<p><b>Password required to ".
    ($_GET['action']=='upload'?" upload a file":
     ($_GET['action']=='attr'?"  administer":
      ($_GET['action']=='edit'?" edit":
       "read"))." this page")."</b></p>
  <form name='authform' action='{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}' method='post'>
        Password: <input tabindex='1' type='password' name='authpw' value='' />
    <input type='submit' value='OK' />$postvars</form>
  If you forgot your password, please contact ...
    <script language='javascript'><!--
      document.authform.authpw.focus() //--></script>", &$HTMLEndFmt);

Notes

History

Added link to request password - Radu May 19, 2005, at 09:36 AM
Added upload, fixed parentheses - Radu March 16, 2005, at 02:28 PM

Contributors

Radu

Comments

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