Kwiki allows the administrator of the website to set a privacy level on each page. There are 3 privacy levels:

  • Public - Anyone can read or edit the page.
  • Protected - Anyone can read, but only the administrator can edit.
  • Private - Only the administrator can read or edit.

By default, all pages are public.


Installation

You need to turn on the privacy feature. It is not installed by default. To do so simply type this command:

kwiki-install --privacy

inside your Kwiki installation directory.


Server Configuration

You'll also need to modify your web server configuration to make the program admin.cgi protected by an authentication scheme. Here's an example of how you might do it with Apache:

Alias /kwiki/ /home/ingy/kwiki/
<Directory /home/ingy/kwiki/>
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    AllowOverride None
    Options ExecCGI
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
    <Files admin.cgi>
        Require user admin
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName Restricted
        AuthUserFile /home/ingy/kwiki/passwd
    </Files>
</Directory>

You'll also need to set the administrative password. With Apache you can simply do this:

htpasswd -bc passwd admin foo

which will set the admin password to foo.


Administration

To login as the site administrator, go to admin.cgi instead of index.cgi. If everything is set up correctly, you should be prompted for a password.

Enter admin for the username and foo (or whatever password you selected) for the password.

After you've logged in, you should be able to set the privacy level on pages when you edit them.