Re: Webconf Password

On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 1:42 PM jeanrocco jr <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Graziano, Robert and the list,
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 12:02 PM Graziano Brioschi <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello Robert,
>>
>> Il 04/11/2024 17:39, Robert K Coffman Jr. -Info From Data Corp. ha
>> scritto:
>> >     G,
>> >
>> >     Thank you.  That does seems to fix the problem.
>> >
>> >     I had to change these two lines that you referenced (correct
>> location
>> >     of this file is  /etc/lighttpd/conf.d/auth.conf)
>> >
>> >     #server.modules += ( "mod_auth" )
>> >
>> >     -uncommented
>> >
>> >     auth.require               = ( "/server-status" =>
>> >
>> >     -removed the "server-status" portion
>> >
>> >     Making these changes brought my previous username/password into
>> force.
>> >
>> >     Should these changes be made in the source, or were they changed
>> with
>> >     some purpose?
>> I don't know where these changes are made... perhaps someone else can
>> explain better than me the purpose
>>
>
> These changes were made to make sure the user (usually a newbie) of a
> clean new installed system would have to set a UserName and a Password
> before connecting his system to the Internet.  This is what my previous
> post was explaining. Apparently this causes this bug for upgraded systems
> ...
> I'll come back to you after some more checkings ...
>

Ok I got in touch with Erich, here is his post in case you didn't get it
from the mailer: https://sourceforge.net/p/leaf/mailman/message/58837505/

salutations,
 - jrb

>
> -j rb
>
>> >
>> >     - Robert
>> >
>> >     On 11/4/2024 10:12 AM, Graziano Brioschi wrote:
>> >
>> >       Hello Robert,
>> >       I think than your problem is related to a missconfiguration in
>> >       /etc/lighttpd/conf/auth.conf
>> >       Look at:
>> >       1. "auth.require" area than must be similar to the follow entry:
>> >       auth.require               = ( "/" =>
>> >                                       (
>> >                                         "method"  => "basic",
>> >                                         "realm"   => "Login",
>> >                                         "require" => "valid-user"
>> >                                       ),
>> >                                     )
>> >       2. "server.modules" area
>> >       server.modules += ( "mod_auth" )
>> >       Ciao
>> >       G.
>> >       Il 04/11/2024 02:31, jeanrocco jr ha scritto:
>> >
>> >       Hello Robert and List,
>> >       Le dim. 3 nov. 2024, 15 h 38, Robert K Coffman Jr. -Info From Data
>> >       Corp. <
>> >       [1][email protected]> a écrit :
>> >
>> >           After upgrade to 7.3.1.1, I noticed the webconf password I had
>> >       applied
>> >           is no longer in effect.
>> >           I set the password (and found the /var/webconf/www/.htpasswd
>> had
>> >       been
>> >           created) but after saving the config and rebooting - webconf
>> >       does not
>> >           prompt for a password and you can freely move about the pages.
>> >           - Robert
>> >       Could you look at this entire post:
>> >
>> >       [2]https://sourceforge.net/p/leaf/mailman/message/37846682/ and
>> >       check if this
>> >       answer your questions/remarks
>> >           - jrb.
>> >
>> >
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>> > Robert K Coffman Jr.
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>> >     1. mailto:[email protected]
>> >     2. https://sourceforge.net/p/leaf/mailman/message/37846682/
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