[jira] Commented: (JSPWIKI-266) Add ability to restrict account creation

["David Au (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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David Au commented on JSPWIKI-266:
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I believe a feature that restricts account creation has already been implemented in 2.6. See the paragraph starting with *"Approval workflow for user profile creation"* on the [NewIn2.6|http://www.jspwiki.org/wiki/NewIn2.6] page.

> Add ability to restrict account creation
> ----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JSPWIKI-266
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-266
>             Project: JSPWiki
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Authentication&Authorization
>            Reporter: Aaron Hamid
>
> This is a formal feature request (because I could not find an existing issue) for the "Admin Creates User Profiles" Idea here:
> http://www.jspwiki.org/wiki/IdeaAdminCreatesUserProfiles
> Once way to implement it would be, that a different permission, "createProfile", be added, still configurable in the jspwiki.policy file. This way the desired policy could be configured such that the admin group has the "createProfile" permission, while the Authenticated have their "editProfile" permission.
> Workarounds are presented here http://www.jspwiki.org/wiki/AllowOnlyAdministratorCreateUserAccounts but have drawbacks, including allowing arbitrary junk accounts or forcing security to be configured external to the application.
> The proposal above, a new "createProfile" permission, seems like a straightforward way to address this concern directly in the product expanding its usefulness without weird workarounds.

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