May 17, 2004 - There's a new feature to help identify users who make changes to a page.
It's based on cookies.
Note:
FYI:
RHS 24Nov2004 Is the code to handle this functionality available for public consumption. I see that the newer versions of wikit have code to recognize user names (wru changes), but the wru.cgi and whatever the file named in $env(WIKIT_WRU) are both unavailable. I ask because I'd like to have this functionality for a wiki I help maintain, and I'd rather not have to reinvent the wheel.
RPH 10Apr2005 Yes, I too would like to implement the wru interface for my wiki pages, but there seems to be no documentation on how to implement wru.cgi.
WIKIT_WRU Looks up a cookie in a database and sets the username based on that. EG "<nowiki>SELECT name FROM active_sessions WHERE session='get_cookie';</nowiki>" (with obvious checks for injection attacks)
WIKIT_WRU_REQ can be any login scheme you use anywhere else on your site.
TV I tried this after a system reinstall, but I receive no email! Is the method still valid? Of course I could dig in my backup files for the right cookie but there might be more persons experiencing difficulty!
14jan05 jcw - Yep, the email was rejected by tiscali.nl - I've resent it to you.
TV I don't know what went wrong, I got the email now.
TV I clicked the link, but still no cookie ?!
17jan05 jcw - You need separate cookies for wiki.tcl.tk and mini.net/tcl, could that be what you're seeing?
LES Unfortunately, this system never seemed to work for me, for some reason. LV Others have reported the same thing, though with more detail and directly to jcw so he could see if there were firewalls, etc. blocking things. I know that I have seen, occasionally, my cookies expire or something so that I have to reset them.
10feb05 jcw - There's not much point sending problems to me, I'm afraid. The system requires two things: support for cookies and the ability to receive emails from mini.net - problems with either of these are beyond my powers.