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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="smcv"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/0ee943fe632ff995f6f0f25b7167d03b"
+ subject="Do that through your web server, not ikiwiki"
+ date="2017-01-18T21:45:30Z"
+ content="""
+ikiwiki is a wiki compiler (or a static site generator if you prefer): when it
+builds your wiki, the result is static HTML. When a visitor views a page,
+no ikiwiki code is running.
+
+If you want viewing to be restricted, you need to configure your web server
+(Apache or lighttpd or nginx or similar) to restrict it. For example, if
+your web server is Apache,
+[this page on Apache access control](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/access.html)
+might help.
+"""]]