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diff --git a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn index 77796a3d7..a7aac558b 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn @@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ signed into the wiki. This method is suitable only for private wikis. ## separate cgiauthurl To use httpauth for a wiki where the content is public, and where -the `ikiwiki.cgi` needs to be usable without authentication (for searching -and so on), you can configure a separate url that is used for -authentication, via the `cgiauthurl` option in the setup file. This -url will then be redirected to whenever authentication is needed. +the `ikiwiki.cgi` needs to be usable without authentication (for searching, +or logging in using other methods, and so on), you can configure a separate +url that is used for authentication, via the `cgiauthurl` option in the setup +file. This url will then be redirected to when a user chooses to log in using +httpauth. A typical setup is to make an `auth` subdirectory, and symlink `ikiwiki.cgi` into it. Then configure the web server to require authentication only for |