[mythtv-users] Requiring a password for mythweb?

[Andy Grundman]

stan wrote:
> I want to be able to access my myttv setup using mythweb from away from
> home.
> 
> So, I will need to make the apache isntance visible from outside my
> network. Given this, I don't want general public access to scheduling
> recordings on my system :-) Seems like this would be a common request.
> 
> Has anyone managed to get mythweb to rquire, say, a password?

Just drop an .htaccess file in the mythweb directory:

in httpd.conf:
<Directory /path/to/mythweb>
	AllowOverride All
</Directory>

/path/to/mythweb/.htaccess:
AuthName "MythWeb"
AuthType "Basic"
AuthUserFile /path/to/someauthfile
require valid-user

# create someauthfile:
$ htpasswd -c /path/to/someauthfile username
New password: <enter password>
Re-type new password: <re-enter password>

That's it!