[dokuwiki] Re: Betr.: Patch Attached: Optionally prevent unknown internet users to browsethe full media file tree with mediamanager

  • From: Christopher Smith <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:44:54 +0900


On 9 Feb 2009, at 08:35, Paul R. Zwiers wrote:

Thanks, now I understand! This is why I love DW's namespaces and ACL; it allows me to secure my systems enough. But I can see the reason for this patch now in some situations.

Paul



I'm not sure I can. In a public wiki an anonymous user can edit a page and use the media manager toolbar button to browse the images and files available for the wiki. Why should I care if the same user can bypass clicking the edit button to see the exact same thing?

- Chris

--
DokuWiki mailing list - more info at
http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:mailinglist

Other related posts: