Currently, according to the Squeak Swiki entry for "Squeak Documentation Team" [1] (see http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/808), editing the Swiki is protected by a very simple common password protection scheme, as follows:
>The Swiki is password-protected to discourage vandalism. > > * Username: squeak > * Password: viewpoints Unfortunately, when a user clicks the "history" link at the top of an Swiki page, the user obtains a list of changes with the users listed by IP address/DNS entry, for example, as follows: >chfwpr03.ch.intel.com However, this does not allow a unique identifier to be associated with a user if the user logs in from multiple IP addresses/DNS entries. For example, I have a Macintosh at home and a Wintel machine at work, and I wish to associate a unique identifier to updates that I make from both machines. This would allow me to certify authorship for any articles that I write, providing additional motivation to write more entries. Is there any way to associate a unique user identifier, listed in the page that is generated when the "history" button at the top of an Swiki entry is clicked, to all edits that I make to the Swiki? If not, are there any plans for this in the future? (Otherwise, for example, it is not clear how to attribute changes conveniently for universal edits; in particular, it is not clear how to attribute changes conveniently for inline edits in large blocks of text, where there is no convenient surrounding text to place a username; or for minor but significant punctuational changes, such as substituting a semicolon for a comma, where the space occupied by a manually inserted entry claiming authorship would significantly exceed the space occupied by the change itself--a rather inelegant solution; there should be a way to claim credit for Swiki contributions.) -- Benjamin L. Russell [1] Fulmer, Matthew, Aaron Reichow, Andrew Lawson, and Max OrHai. "Squeak Documentation Team." _Squeak Swiki._ Squeak.org. 8 June 2007. 17 July 2009. <http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/808>. On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:17:19 -0600, Miguel Enrique Coba Martinez <m.cob...@gmail.com> wrote: >I am trying to edit a page but I can't find the place to >create a user account. > >When I click the edit button in some page from the wiki, >Iceweasel (Debian's unbranded Firefox) ask for a username and a password. > >When I click the history button, I get a list of changes and in the >user column I see strings like: > >ACCF7AF4.ipt.aol.com > >so this makes me think that the edition of pages it is open and your >IP address is used as your username. >But, the problem is, I can't pass the user/password request. > >The user/password dialog says: > >http://wiki.squeak.org solicita un usuario y contrasena. El sitio dice: >"/squeak/*" > >Something like: > >http://wiki.squeak.org needs a username and password. The site says: >"/squeak/*" > >And if I click the cancel button it responds with: > >Unauthorized for: /squeak/* > >Can you please tell me what is the process to edit a page in the >wiki.squeak.org? > >Thanks, >Miguel Coba -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^ _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners