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webusers

Section: access configuration file (5)
Updated: April 02007
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NAME

webusers - define the access permissions for a directory of lists

DESCRIPTION

webusers contains the access definitions for the lists below a certain directory.

This file is optional. The actions of users are unrestricted, if the webusers file does not exist. Be careful when using this setting.

A webusers file is only useful if you can request some kind of authentication from the user. Usually this should be done via http-authentication. See the INSTALL file for more details.

LOCATION

By default the webusers file is located in the same directory as the mailing lists. This can be adjusted with the setting WEBUSERS_FILE in the configuration file ezmlmwebrc (5). Read its manpage for details.

FILE FORMAT

The file consists of lines of the following form:

LISTNAME: USER1 USER2

Empty lines and lines starting with a '#' are ignored. The same goes for invalid configuration lines. If LISTNAME equals the string ALL, then the following users are allowed to manage all existing mailing lists. If LISTNAME equals the string ALLOW_CREATE, then the following users are allowed to create new lists. Otherwise the named users are allowed to manage only list LISTNAME. If one of the usernames equals the string ALL, then every authenticated user is allowed to perform the action specified by LISTNAME.

EXAMPLES

A minimal example access configuration file:

comm: guy arb
users: arb
members: ALL
ALL: root
ALLOW_CREATE: root guy

In the example above, the users root and guy are allowed to create new lists. Every authenticated user may configure the list members. The user root can manage all mailing lists.

AUTHOR

Written by Lars Kruse

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