# Allow login to a read-only site

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** read-only\
**Created:** [14. Dezember 2016 um 22:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270 "2016-12-14T22:30:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![steef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steef/32/121150_2.png) [@steef](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steef)\
**Post date:** [15. Dezember 2016 um 18:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270/4 "2016-12-15T18:49:32Z")

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As an alternative (or addition), perhaps a way to set a timer when enabling Read Only? Something like: Enable Read Only for: X hours.

Or maybe a special URI specifically to disable read only mode? Something like /admin/read-only which displays a login box for an administrator account and then disables read only when the credentials are correct. That wouldn’t need write-access to the database I imagine (only read to check the credentials).

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