[mythtv-users] Securing Mythweb

Harry Devine lifter89 at comcast.net
Sat Mar 29 01:39:18 UTC 2008


Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> Harry Devine wrote:
>   
>> So, basically, what I'm looking for is how do I use the htdigest utility 
>> to secure Mythweb?  And what do I need to do in mythweb.conf for this?  
>> Is .htaccess still involved somehow?  Currently, I can get in locally, 
>> but from outside my network, my /var/log/httpd/error_log shows (and I 
>> KNOW I typed the password in correctly. and I'm not showing what the 
>> username is for security reasons ;-) ):
>> [Fri Mar 28 15:02:21 2008] [error] [client 155.178.180.5] user 
>> <user_hidden_for_security>: authentication failure for "/mythweb": 
>> Password Mismatch
>>     
>
> Get rid of your .htaccess files.
> Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/mythweb.conf like this:
> Uncomment the htdigest section:
>          AuthType           Digest
>          AuthName           "MythTV"
>          AuthUserFile       /var/www/htdigest
>          Require            valid-user
>          BrowserMatch       "MSIE"     AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On
>          Order              allow,deny
>          Satisfy            any
>
>
> Then use htdigest (need to be root to do this or sudo the command) to 
> create your digest file:
> htdigest -c /var/www/htdigest MythTV username
>
> Then it will ask for your password.
>
> Restart apache and it should work.
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>   
Thanks alot Brad!  That worked like a charm.  I guess the .htaccess 
references threw me a little bit.  All is well now.

Harry



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