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various: Improve error reporting if missing file server module on 0.12 If there is some error loading net.http.files then it would be swallowed by the pcall and then it would proceed to trying mod_http_files, which might cause unexpected behavior on 0.12 Ref #1765
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1 Introduction
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2 ============
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4 On a server with public registration it is usually desirable to prevent
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5 registration of certain "reserved" accounts, such as "admin".
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7 This plugin allows you to reserve individual usernames, or those
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8 matching certain patterns. It also allows you to ensure that usernames
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9 conform to a certain pattern.
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11 Configuration
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12 =============
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14 Enable the module as any other:
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16 modules_enabled = {
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17 "block_registrations";
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18 }
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20 You can then set some options to configure your desired policy:
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22 Option Default Description
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24 block\_registrations\_users `{ "admin" }` A list of reserved usernames
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25 block\_registrations\_matching `{ }` A list of [Lua patterns](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4.1) matching reserved usernames (slower than block\_registrations\_users)
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26 block\_registrations\_require `nil` A pattern that registered user accounts MUST match to be allowed
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28 Some examples:
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30 block_registrations_users = { "admin", "root", "xmpp" }
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31 block_registrations_matching = {
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32 "master$" -- matches anything ending with master: postmaster, hostmaster, webmaster, etc.
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33 }
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34 block_registrations_require = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$" -- Allow only simple ASCII characters in usernames
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36 Compatibility
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37 =============
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39 ----- -------------
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40 0.9 Works
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41 0.8 Should work
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