If it is public let EVERYONE see it just with the URL (without any restriction)

[9acca9]

Im using a user/password to dont let everyone use my microbin BUT i will like to share with other some paste that i made.

I will find useful if when the paste is set to "public" that anyone, even those that dont have access to the server can see it. I mean, if they have the link then they can see it, without the need for user/password to enter the site.

I understand that i could leave the site without user/password, accessible to anyone and put a password for my "secret" paste... but....... almost all my paste are secret and i just want to share a few, so...

Hope this is understood, i dont speak english.

[pooh22]

I agree, creating a paste should (could) require a password (upload password), but once you get the URL, you should be able to read the contents unless it is encrypted with a password. All other restrictions should still apply (burn after reading, expire time).

I guess basic-authentication is not very useful for a pastebin type of service, which makes it a confusing option and it doesn't work for receivers of the URL, with whom you don't want to share your authentication.

My suggestion would be:

• remove basic authentication entirely (I don't see a use case for it)
• when set, use upload password to restrict adding paste's or uploaded files

Optionally, having user accounts with permissions to add pastes/uploads would be useful in more complicated setups.

[SR-G]

Same use case for me. I'm surprised this is not the default behavior indeed. I would like :

• All URLs to be password protected ("/admin", "/", "/list")
• EXCEPT (at least) "/upload" and "/raw" = the one allowing to view the content of what has been uploaded

In order to have an instance "not usable by everyone" (but only usable by whoever has the password / is registered) but still to be able to have 100% public uploads.