[mythtv-users] mythweb2 login and password?!
Alan Snyder
ax763 at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 7 13:01:27 EDT 2003
I like the idea of pointing out the security potential
by forcing people to deal
with it, but it does violate the works-out-of-the-box
philosophy. So perhaps a
commented-out line in the distributed .htaccess and
inclusion in the README is
best.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
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> On Behalf Of Isaac Richards
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:51 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb2 login and
password?!
>
> On Thursday 07 August 2003 02:48 pm, Chris Petersen
wrote:
>
> > Ick. I hadn't heard any complaints about this, so
I had assumed that
>
> > since the htpasswd file wasn't present, it was
just being ignored.
>
> >
>
> > Anyway, as Alan said, the info is in .htaccess.
Either pull it out, or
>
> > create your own htpasswd file with (of all things)
the htpasswd program.
>
> >
>
> > And on that note, what do people think. I use a
password (and ssl)
>
> > because my mythweb stuff is open to the world (so
I can set up
>
> > recordings while out of town, etc). I can remove
this stuff from the
>
> > .htaccess file in cvs if too many people find it
to be a hassle, or I
>
> > can add instructions to the README about how to
create passwords (since
>
> > it is a nice security feature).
>
>
>
> I'd prefer it if it were disabled in CVS, with
instructions on how to enable
>
> it.
>
>
>
> Isaac
>
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