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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn index 84c63c4af..22a0776ed 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn @@ -7,3 +7,11 @@ changing passwords in the prefs page. It is enabled by default, but can be turned off if you want to only use some other form of authentication, such as [[httpauth]] or [[openid]]. + +When the *account\_creation\_password* configuration option is enabled with +a pass-phrase, this plugin supports an "account creation password" as a +simplistic anti-spam measure. +(Some wikis edited by a particular group use an account creation password +as an "ask an existing member to get an account" system.) + + |