Editing PmWiki (section)

===Access control===
PmWiki permits users and administrators to establish password protection for individual pages, groups of pages, or the entire site.  For example, defined zones may be established to enable collaborative work by certain groups, such as in a company intranet.<ref name=passwordadmin>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PasswordsAdmin|title=PmWiki / Password administration}}</ref>

Password protection can be applied to reading, editing, uploading to, and changing passwords for the restricted zone. The out-of-the-box installation uses "shared passwords" rather than login names, but a built-in option can enable a user/group-based access control system on pages, groups of pages or the whole wiki.

PmWiki can use passwords from config files, special wiki pages, and [[.htpasswd]]/.htgroup files. There are also user-based authorization possibilities and authentication via external sources (e.g. [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]], forum databases, etc.).