Question

We have installed "TWiki-4.0 and later" and wish to enable guest account... so that: - even those not registered on our TWiki Site can also change some pages without loggin in(or loging through anonymous account). - or post Comments

I noticed that there is one such account TWikiGuest (Login: guest) but how do we enable that account and know the password.

P.S: Also how do we do away with using WikiName as Login. Instead using our own forma..for example <firstname.lastname>

Thx in advance

Environment

-- VibhorJain - 12 Oct 2007

Answer

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.

Simply register a user called TWikiGuest or GuestAccount and publish the password.

You can use a login name that is different from the WikiName. Enable that in configure with the {MapUserToWikiName} setting.

-- PeterThoeny - 14 Oct 2007

"TWikiGuest" already exists...(it was created by default during TWiki installation). On Main/TWikiUsers it says:

• TWikiGuest - guest - 10 Feb 1999

- When I try to logon with "guest" it says: "Please enter your username and password: "

It seems like the user: "TWikiGuest - guest - 10 Feb 1999" is somehow not activated...I even try to reset the password and use the new password, but same results...neither it lets in with "TWikiGuest" not with "guest"

Where can we find the setting {MapUserToWikiName}...I tried to look in TWiki.TWikiPreferences as well as in Main.TWikiPreferences... but couldnt find it

-- VibhorJain - 17 Oct 2007

Remove the TWikiGuest topic in the Main web and re-register the user.

Run the configure script from your browser. See TWikiInstallationGuide for details.

-- PeterThoeny - 03 Dec 2007