wiki.freedesktop.org: 401 Unauthorized
wiki.freedesktop.org has two authentication methods; one is through ssh access to fd.o shell accounts (e.g. git+ssh://wiki.freedesktop.org/srv/ikiwiki/git/sitewranglers.git ), the other is over HTTPS (e.g. https://secure.freedesktop.org/write/sitewranglers/ikiwiki.cgi?page=wiki%2F401&do=edit ).
To avoid problems with spammers, the htpasswd entries associated with HTTPS authentication involve manual administration.
If you have a freedesktop.org shell account, you can add or update any htpasswd entry: ssh wiki.freedesktop.org wikipasswd INSERT_DESIRED_USERNAME_HERE. Use your powers wisely; everything is logged under version control.
If you don't have a shell account, you should find a way to generate a hash and safely send it to the sitewranglers with a clearsigned signature that can be gpg --verifyed.
Generation
Several ways are possible to define your password and encrypt it so you can safely send it to us:
- local shell with apache installed:
htpasswd -c -m /dev/stdout DesiredUsername# and input your password at the prompts
- local shell with python installed:
python3 -c 'import crypt; password=input(); print("DesiredUserName:", end=""); print(crypt.crypt(password, crypt.METHOD_MD5));'# and input your password at the prompts
- browser (currently non-working):
Signing
Before sending to wiki-request, you need to gpg-sign the result with:
gpg --clearsign- enter GPG passphrase
- paste htpasswd entry
- EOF with ctrl-d
Transmission
- If you do not have an existing shell account, send your signed hash to wiki-requests@freedesktop.org.
Sitewranglers
- With a root account on annarchy, append or replace the user's htpasswd entry in /etc/apache2/userdb.basic