Changes for page Security

Last modified by Simon Urli on 2023/12/26

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From version < 1.2 >
edited by vmassol
on 2006/12/17
To version < 1.3 >
edited by Sergiu Dumitriu
on 2007/03/16
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3 3  It's important you spend some time understanding the different settings you can modify to protected your wiki.
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5 +1.1 Superadmin account
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7 +XWiki provides a superadmin account. It is special, because:
8 +* It is not stored in the database
9 +* It cannot be modified in any way
10 +* It always has full access, regardless of the rights settings
11 +Because it is so powerful, it is not safe to leave it enabled for a long time.
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13 +By default, this account is disabled. To enable it, you have to edit <tt>&lt;xwiki-dir&gt;/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg</tt>, uncomment the <tt>xwiki.superadminpassword=system</tt> line and set a proper password. To disable it, just comment this line. Remember to restart the servlet container after changing <tt>xwiki.cfg</tt>.
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5 5  1.1 Cookie Encryption Keys
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7 7  When a user chooses to be remembered when he logs in, a cookie is saved on his machine. The cookie is encrypted so that nobody having access to it can see the username/password. This encryption is done using 2 configuration parameters located in the ~~xwiki.cfg~~ configuration file. This file is located in ~~WEB-INF/~~ in the XWiki WAR (see the [Installation>AdminGuide.Installation] for where it's installed).

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