[mythtv-users] Apache/MythWeb progress (Gentoo): access from LAN?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi James,

Monday, April 27, 2015, 1:45:33 AM, you wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Nick Morrott wrote:

>> Have you edited your MythWeb configuration file for apache (e.g.
>> /etc/apache2/conf-available/mythweb.conf)?

> Yes, I've done some editing of that file, though not in the way you've
> specified below.

>> On a Debian system using packages from deb-multimedia.org without
>> apache authentication, the default installation includes the following
>> access controls:
>>
>>    <Directory "/usr/share/mythtv/mythweb" >
>>        Order allow,deny
>>        Allow from localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1
>>        Satisfy any
>>        ...
>>        ...
>>    </Directory>
>>
>> You need to add your local subnet as another "Allow from" entry to
>> grant access to machines on your local network.

> I've tried editing that file in the way suggested, then restarted Apache.
> But I still get the same timeout. I'm probably doing something wrong that
> is very basic--just can't determine at the moment what that might be. One
> of the ways I edited this file previously was to enter the directory path
> for my MythWeb installation (under /var/www/localhost/htdocs). Apart from
> that, I'm pretty sure the file is "stock." It seems odd to me that the
> path would be something like you've specified above, i.e., under a system
> directory rather than under /var. But that's the only potential 
> misconfiguration I could point to thus far.
> _______________________________________________

The only things you should edit in that file is those paths and the
setenv parameters pointing to the db. And third you can add
authentication, but I wouldn't go there before you have it working
first.


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