From: tokul Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:25:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: adding some information about plugin X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=squirrelmail.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a9894104a14aef1070a1d0ce7b4f24084010b48c;ds=sidebyside adding some information about plugin git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/squirrelmail/code/trunk/squirrelmail@8747 7612ce4b-ef26-0410-bec9-ea0150e637f0 --- diff --git a/plugins/administrator/INSTALL b/plugins/administrator/INSTALL index f55b4a60..5da30c5d 100644 --- a/plugins/administrator/INSTALL +++ b/plugins/administrator/INSTALL @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Administrator Plugin -------------------- -2002 Philippe Mingo +Author: Philippe Mingo , 2002 In order to use this plugin, you must first activate it using conf.pl and then you must change the config/config.php files @@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ work, if user's id equals to 0. An alternative method, but less secure, is to add a file called admins into the plugin folder with the names of the users that -you want to allow the use of the plugin. +you want to allow the use of the plugin. admins file must have +empty line after administrator's username. If administrator name +ends of end-of-file symbol instead of line feed, it will be +ignored. Use this plugin at your own risk, and always remember to make a backup of your config.php file before use. + +Order of authentication checks +------------------------------ +When plugin checks if user can use it, it first checks +plugins/administrator/admins file. If file does not exist, plugin +checks config/admins. If plugin can't find admins file, it tries to +use uid based authentication.