Allowing anonymous users (was Re: [xwiki-users] hide documentation link)

[Vincent Massol]

On Feb 10, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Dicheva, Darina wrote:

> Vincent,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I am sorry for not changing the subject in  
> using the reply mode. Usually I am careful to do that ...
>
> In fact I had the proper rights set, but obviously I have done  
> something wrong in my messing with the files after the initial  
> instalation of XWiki. After Brain's and your hint that setting the  
> rights should do  the work, I just reinstalled XWiki and with the  
> same rights I don't have a problem.

Cool! Thanks for letting us know

-Vincent
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vincent Massol [mailto:vincent at massol.net]
>> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:05 AM
>> To: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
>> Subject: Allowing anonymous users (was Re: [xwiki-users] hide
>> documentation link)
>>
>> Hi Darina,
>>
>> First, please do not hijack discussion thread, this is bad
>> netiquette. This thread was about "hide documentation link". Nothing
>> to do with your question.
>>
>> To answer your question, you should simply set the rights you want
>> (you want XWikiGuest to be given the view permission). See the
>> documentation on the rights in the user guide on xwiki.org
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Dicheva, Darina wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Brain,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help. It works. The problem is that I would like to
>>> bypass the login screen, i.e. the user going to the space
>> Web home url
>>> just to be able to see the pages in that space, without
>> being asked to
>>> login (but s/he should not have the right to edit).  I
>> modified the
>>> skin
>>> not to show the login/register buttons but then the user
>> seems to have
>>> all rights and is allowed to edit as well ...
>>>
>>> Any thoughts in this direction?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Darina
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: THOMAS, BRIAN M (ATTSI) [mailto:bt0008 at att.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:50 PM
>>>> To: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
>>>> Subject: RE: [xwiki-users] hide documentation link
>>>>
>>>> It's simple; XWiki Preferences has an option called "Always
>>>> authenticate
>>>> on edit"; set it to "yes".
>>>>
>>>> brain[sic]
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Dicheva, Darina [mailto:dichevad at wssu.edu]
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:03 PM
>>>>> To: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
>>>>> Subject: RE: [xwiki-users] hide documentation link
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just installed XWiki and created a space with pages that I
>>>>> would like to make accessible for view but not edit for users
>>>>> without making them register + login.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that possible?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Darina
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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