X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/25c35b6e90c984540b1f5e6ea9755ce1e3e36d13..refs/tags/3.20170622:/doc/banned_users.mdwn diff --git a/doc/banned_users.mdwn b/doc/banned_users.mdwn index d2bec90f0..23433b15b 100644 --- a/doc/banned_users.mdwn +++ b/doc/banned_users.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,14 @@ -Banned users can be configured in the setup file. +Banned users can be configured in the setup file via the `banned_users` +setting. This is a list of user names, or [[PageSpecs|ikiwiki/PageSpec]] +to ban. Using a PageSpec is useful to block an IP address. + +For example: + + banned_users => ['evilspammer', 'ip(192.168.1.1)'], If a banned user attempts to use the ikiwiki CGI, they will receive a 403 Forbidden webpage indicating they are banned. + +Note that when [[plugins/emailauth]] is used, the user's email address +is displayed in cloaked form in commits of their edits. This cloaked email +address can be used as-is in the `banned_users` setting.