[mythtv-users] Getting MythWeb authentication working

stan stanb at panix.com
Tue Jan 2 22:18:19 UTC 2007


On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 01:52:21PM -0800, Chris Petersen wrote:
> stan wrote:
> > I'm trying to activate require login to my MythWeb pages. I have installed
> > from Ubuntu 6.10.
> > 
> > Here is what I have done:
> > 
> > 1) Added the following lines in /etc/mythtv/mythweb-htaccess.conf
> > 
> >     AuthType           Digest
> > 	AuthName           "MythTV"
> > 	AuthDigestFile      /var/www/htdigest
> > 	Require            valid-user
> > 	BrowserMatch       "MSIE"  AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On
> > 
> > 2) Created the following link:
> > 
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2007-01-01 16:19 auth_digest.load ->
> > /etc/apache2/mods-available/auth_digest.load
> > 
> > 3) Restared Apache2.
> > 
> > However now when I follow the link, I get the contents of /var/www/htdigest
> > displayed, instead of alogin prompt, ot the web page itself.
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> When you follow what link?

Let me clarify. When I make this chamge, I no longer have a link from the 
top level web page on the Myth backend box. Just teh one to the default
Apache page.

Does nayone have this working?

If so, could you share your wisdom?


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