web commit by JeremyReed: Document account_creation_password -- some of this text...

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / plugins / passwordauth.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn
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--- a/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn
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@@ -6,4 +6,12 @@ into the wiki. It also handles registering users, mailing passwords, and
 changing passwords in the prefs page.
 
 It is enabled by default, but can be turned off if you want to only use
-some other form of authentication, such as [[openid]].
+some other form of authentication, such as [[httpauth]] or [[openid]].
+
+When the *account\_creation\_password* configuration option is enabled with
+a pass-phrase, this plugin supports an "account creation password" as a
+simplistic anti-spam measure.
+(Some wikis edited by a particular group use an account creation password
+as an "ask an existing member to get an account" system.)
+
+