use adminuser

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@@ -6,3 +6,21 @@ Trying to lockdown a wiki so that it can only be edited by certain users and fig
 in my config but it doesn't work.  I'm sure I must be doing something daft?
 
 PS: the user is authenticated via 'httpauth', would that make a difference?
+
+> That's not how `banned_users` works. Make yourself an admin:
+>
+>     adminuser:
+>     - myadmin
+>
+> and disallow editing by non-admins:
+>
+>     locked_pages: '*'
+>
+> You can enable the `opendiscussion` and/or `anonok` plugins if you want
+> unprivileged users, perhaps logging in with an OpenID, to be able to
+> edit discussion pages (if enabled via `discussion`) or post comments.
+>
+> You can also relax the `locked_pages` setting if you want unprivileged
+> users to be able to edit certain areas of the site.
+>
+> --[[smcv]]