From cbb3bae526f862552bfda803f64cf1e695d115d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joey Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:34:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] how the fileupload access controls could also be used for much more --- doc/todo/fileupload.mdwn | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/fileupload.mdwn b/doc/todo/fileupload.mdwn index db5932de8..3a3f27dc4 100644 --- a/doc/todo/fileupload.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/fileupload.mdwn @@ -32,4 +32,21 @@ the rules might look something like this: ( user(joey) and maxsize(1mb) and (type(webimage) or *.mp3) ) or ( user(joey) and maxsize(200mb) and (*.mov or *.avi) and videos/*) +With a small extension, this could even be used to limit the max sizes of +normal wiki pages, which could be useful if someone was abusing an open wiki +as a wikifs. Maybe. + + ( type(page) and maxsize(32k) ) + +And if that's done, it can also be used to lock users from editing a pages +or the whole wiki: + + ( user(spammer) and * ) or + ( user(annoying) and index) or + ( immutable_page ) + +That would obsolete the current simple admin prefs for banned users and +locked pages. Suddenly all the access controls live in one place. +Wonderbar! + [[tag soc]] -- 2.39.5