[mythtv-users] MythWeb - Can't access it from local network without the Allow from setting

greg greg12866 at nycap.rr.com
Sun Jan 31 01:03:04 UTC 2010


Jongi wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 18:13 -0500, greg wrote:
>> I have been fighting with this today myself.. I always have problems 
>> setting up Mythweb.. Here is how I got it working..I am using Ubuntu 
>> 9.10 so I hope it apply s to Debian also...
>> This will allow anyone on your LAN to access Mythweb,but outsiders can't 
>> login unless they know your user name and password....
>>
>> sudo a2enmod
>> When prompted for what module you want to enable enter:
>>
>> auth_digest
>> Create your password directory
>> sudo mkdir /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest/passwd
>>
>>
>> Create your password FILE
>> sudo htdigest -c /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest/passwd/passwords MythTV 
>> (your user name)
>>
>> Grant permissions to the new password file:
>>
>> sudo chown www-data /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest/passwd/passwords
>>
>> sudo chgrp www-data /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest/passwd/passwords
>> sudo chmod 640 /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest/passwd/passwords
>>
>> sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
>>
>> <Directory "/var/www/mythweb">
>>   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
>>   AuthType Digest
>>   AuthName "MythTV"
>>   AuthUserFile /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest/passwd/passwords
>>   Require valid-user
>>   Order allow,deny
>>   Allow from 192.168.1.
>>   Satisfy any
>> </Directory>
>>
>>
>> sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
>>
>>
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>
> I had already run all the other stuff. So the below was what got 
> things working. Thank you sir
>
>
>> a2enmod
>>
>> When prompted for what module you want to enable enter:
>>
>> auth_digest
>>     
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Cool,yeah there is so many places to make a mistake setting it up, and 
it seems each new version of a distro they change things around... I 
have the whole thing documented now...It should be easy next time...Now 
i am having problems with accessing it from the net...

Glad I could help


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