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[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins / httpauth.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
index 32732094b1eec4349449ee95e8ba752922fce9b9..b2f789b8e6ad27f30e288cf0c38e22396c9ca63f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ One way to use the plugin is to configure your web server to require
 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.
 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
 
 
 ## separate cgiauthurl
 


@@ -36,3 +35,12 @@ configure `httpauth_pagespec` in the setup file. This makes Edit
 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.
 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 if_not_empty;
+        ....
+    }