[mythtv-users] .28 Backend Web Server Login and Password

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Michael,

Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 4:16:09 PM, you wrote:

> On 10/20/2015 08:44 PM, Tom Harris wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 12:04 PM, dennis <deg at outlook.com 
>> <mailto:deg at outlook.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 06/03/2015 01:32 PM, Greg Thompson wrote:
>>
>>         Can someone tell me what the backend web server username and
>>         password is in version .28?
>>
>>         Thanks!
>>
>>         Greg
>>         _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>     Username: admin
>>     Password: mythtv
>>
>>
>> Can any of the 0.28 users comment on how the authentication is done?  
>> Is it a web server auth (HTTP 401)?  Or is it a web form that sets an 
>> auth cookie?
>>
>> I ask because iOS devices are terrible with web server auth..  It 
>> works, but it is not remembered.  So, every time you go to mythweb it 
>> asks again.. sometimes it will ask for login multiple times on a 
>> single session.  I’m hoping the new server uses a cookie-based auth 
>> scheme so mobile access is easier.
>>

> I would agree with this sentiment.  It is over easier for me to VPN into
> my home network so I don't get prompted for authentication than to try
> to use web server auth.

> I frequently want to use mythweb when I am away from home to schedule 
> recordings, but being prompted everytime for a password on IOS devices
> is annoying.

> Michael

More relevant to me. I now have all logins on my network including
mythweb linked to my ldap server, so I have one single login per user.
Will that be possible?

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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