httpauth: Document that ikiwiki.cgi has to be in a directory subject to authenticatio...

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

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 This plugin allows HTTP basic authentication to be used to log into the
 wiki. To use the plugin, your web server should be set up to perform HTTP
-basic authentiation. The authenticated user will be automatically signed
-into the wiki.
+basic authentiation for at least the directory containing `ikiwiki.cgi`. 
+The authenticated user will be automatically signed into the wiki.
 
 This plugin is included in ikiwiki, but is not enabled by default.