httpauth: Document that ikiwiki.cgi has to be in a directory subject to authenticatio...

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 394eba26a88840dd2fc376e815d875d52261f10d..d7cbf38b5bb1cba9db2c39057acecb225c3d67e1 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ ikiwiki (2.66) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     page, and is preserved across rebuilds.
   * editpage: Be more aggressive (and less buggy) about cleaning up
     temporary files rendered during page preview.
     page, and is preserved across rebuilds.
   * editpage: Be more aggressive (and less buggy) about cleaning up
     temporary files rendered during page preview.

+  * httpauth: Document that ikiwiki.cgi has to be in a directory subject to
+    authentication. Closes: #500524 

 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:45:55 -0400
 
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:45:55 -0400
 

diff --git a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
index fbf36629124b5be6ea39d4dba3a401c1b9c43afa..11ed223e7f7f083c537042fbbc1fe4ebaeb4ce67 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 This plugin allows HTTP basic authentication to be used to log into the
 wiki. To use the plugin, your web server should be set up to perform HTTP
 
 This plugin allows HTTP basic authentication to be used to log into the
 wiki. To use the plugin, your web server should be set up to perform HTTP

-basic authentiation. The authenticated user will be automatically signed
-into the wiki.
+basic authentiation for at least the directory containing `ikiwiki.cgi`. 
+The authenticated user will be automatically signed into the wiki.

 
 This plugin is included in ikiwiki, but is not enabled by default.
 
 This plugin is included in ikiwiki, but is not enabled by default.