(:Summary:variables crucial for site security:)

:$DefaultPasswords: Specifies default passwords for user admin or actions (edit, read, upload). See [[PmWiki/PasswordsAdmin#settingsitewidepasswords]].

:$EnablePostAttrClearSession:A switch to control whether or not changing a page's attributes causes any existing passwords to be forgotten. The default is that changing attributes forgets any passwords entered; this can be changed by setting $EnablePostAttrClearSession to zero.

:$EnableSessionPasswords: Control whether passwords are saved as part of the session.  If set to zero, then session passwords are never saved (although any [[AuthUser]] authentications are still remembered).

:$SessionEncode: Function to use to encode sensitive information in sessions.  Set this to NULL if you want to not use any encoding.  (See also $SessionDecode below.)

:$SessionDecode: Function to reverse the decoding given by $SessionEncode above.  Set this to NULL if sensitive session values are not encoded.

:$HandleAuth:This sets the required authentication Level that is necessary to perform an action. When using the following example in your @@config.php@@ you need to be authenticated as editor in order to view the page history:
        $HandleAuth['diff'] = 'edit';

:$PageAttributes:Set the string shown on the attributes page when entering a password for an action.

:$AuthLDAPBindDN:For sites using [[AuthUser]] with LDAP authentication, this specifies the distinguished name (DN) to be used to bind to the LDAP server to check identity.

:$AuthLDAPBindPassword:For [[AuthUser]] with LDAP authentication, this specifies the password used for binding (in conjunction with $AuthLDAPBindDN above).

:$EnablePublishAttr:Adds a new "publish" authorization level to distinguish editing of drafts from publishing - See $EnableDrafts.

:$EnablePageVarAuth: In PmWiki versions 2.2.22 and 2.2.23 this variable should be set to 0. In 2.2.24 it will no longer be used.

See also:
* [[Security]]
* $EnablePageListProtect