-The only way to have a private ikiwiki, with a shared user database for static pages and CGI authentication, is to use [[plugins/httpauth]]. It would be good for httpauth to be on par with [[plugins/passwordauth]],
-i.e. to allow registering users, resetting passwords, and changing passwords; supporting some kind of
+The only way to have a private ikiwiki, with a shared user database
+for static pages and CGI authentication, is to use
+[[plugins/httpauth]]. It would be good for httpauth to be on par with
+[[plugins/passwordauth]], i.e. to allow registering users, resetting
+passwords, and changing passwords; supporting some kind of
`account_creation_password` configuration option would be nice, too.
I'll probably propose patches implementing this at some point.
-- [[intrigeri]]
+Well, on such a private wiki, one can neither register herself nor
+reset his password: the registration page, as any other page, would be
+forbidden to non-authenticated users. Admin users should then be
+enabled to:
+
+- register a new user
+- reset someone else's password
+
+In both cases, a brand new random password is sent by e-mail to the
+new user.
+
+An authenticated user should nevertheless be able to change his
+own password. -- [[intrigeri]]
+
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