SID-00300: How do you enable 'Edit personal data' on the user page?

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryAccessControl	Server OS:	Redhat Linux	Last update:	14 years ago

When a user registers to use the wiki, the wiki create a user page on the main web. The user page contains the UserForm, and at the bottom of the form appears a link 'Edit personal data'. Folks who have not completed the form may want to update it. When our users click on the 'Edit personal data' link, they are taken to an Access Denied page where the message is 'Action "CHANGE": access not allowed on web'.

-- RussPoisson - 2009-05-07

Discussion and Answer

Go to your Main.WebPreferences page and remove the write access restriction defined by the ALLOWWEBCHANGE setting.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-05-07

If i remove the write access restriction in ALLOWWEBCHANGE then the entire main web will be editable by all the users.How can i give access only to editpersonaldata to all users and other part of MainWeb should not be editable.

-- SureshIndukuri - 2011-06-06

Suresh: Remove the restriction in Main.WebPreferences to allow everybody to edit content, and lock down selected pages in the Main web using an ALLOWTOPICCHANGE setting. Details in TWikiAccessControl.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-06-06

Peter: I have removed the restriction and locked my web home to TwikiAdminGroup with AllowTopicChange=TwikiAdminGroup and as alternate for this i can restrict the ALLOWWebChnage to TwikiAdminGroup and set ALLOWTOPICChange to each user "EDIT PERSONAL DATA PAGE".Please let me know is it a best practice to add ALLOWTOPICCHANGE for a particular user or group for each users "EDIT PERSONAL DATA PAGE"

-- SureshIndukuri - 2011-06-09

Access control settings are case sensitive, and they need to be real bullets, such as Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = SomeUser. Details in access control doc. You can use either a group, a single person or a list of persons. If locking down to single person it is recommended to use a person's WikiName, else use a group.

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-- PeterThoeny - 2011-08-01

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