Question

I have authenticated myself. I have edited and changed a topic. But my sidebar (which contains the code

     you are %WIKINAME%
   

     you are TWikiGuest
   

Suggestions?

Environment

-- VickiBrown - 23 Nov 2005

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

I'd guess this is another case of TWiki.TWikiUserAuthentication#Partial_Authentication: "If, for example, the edit, save and preview scripts are authenticated, but not view, you would get your WikiName in preview for the %WIKIUSERNAME% variable, but view will show TWikiGuest instead of your WikiName."

If you are experiencing this at twiki.org, where tracking by IP address is done, then I'd guess (from the same page) "This approach can fail if the IP address changes due to dynamically assigned IP addresses or proxy servers."

In addition to $doRememberRemoteUser, TWiki offers SessionPlugin if you really want to track user sessions. The upcoming DakarRelease has session tracking in the core, you just need to switch it on with configure.

-- HaraldJoerg - 23 Nov 2005