Question

How can I allow all my users to create their own webs? In TWiki.TWikiPreferences there are these lines:

• Users or groups allowed to create new webs: (ex: TWikiAdminGroup)
• This has been disabled for the TWiki-4.0.0 release due to a potential security hole - you must be in the TWikiAdminGroup to create a web
  • Set ALLOWWEBMANAGE = %MAINWEB%.TWikiAdminGroup

Of course I don't want to put all users into TWikiAdminGroup, but need to allow them to create webs. As I can see it does not help to list them on the Set ALLOWWEBMANAGE = line. What can I do now? How to allow users to create their own web spaces?

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-- BedoSandor - 27 Feb 2007

Answer

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In TWiki-4.1, the ALLOWROOTCHANGE parameter allows you to specify the people you want to allow to create webs. You could create a WebCreatorsGroup and add the people you want to allow to create webs in this group. Then, you can set the ALLOWROOTCHANGE parameter as follows:

   * Set ALLOWROOTCHANGE = WebCreatorsGroup

-- AlokNarula - 15 Mar 2007