HTTP basic authentication for any access to the directory containing the
wiki (and `ikiwiki.cgi`). The authenticated user will be automatically
signed into the wiki. This method is suitable only for private wikis.
-what if you what not allowd
## separate cgiauthurl
links on pages that match the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] automatically use
the `cgiauthurl`, and prevents matching pages from being edited by
users authentication via other methods.
+
+## Using httpauth with nginx
+
+You have to pass the $remote_user variable to the CGI:
+
+ location /ikiwiki.cgi {
+ fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER $remote_user;
+ ....
+ }