On Wed 22 Jun 2022, at 21:16, gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/22/22 10:45, Gareth Evans wrote: > [and I sniped a few kilobytes of.] > > I think I've got it, but I did find what may be a bug in mod auth_plain. > > Its asking for a username and pw, but nothing seems to satisfy it
I didn't see you had replied before sending my previous message, please ignore. Can't find anything about mod_auth_plain but if you mean mod_auth_basic this requires usernames/passwords to be set up, not looking at /etc/passwd https://www.howtogeek.com/devops/how-to-setup-basic-http-authentication-on-apache/ This also has a link to setting up LetsEncrypt. > , so > I disabled it, no man page hat I can find, and now its showing me > the directory I want as the root of this server, with one subdir > I can click on, and the first file I put there. > > However I need to compose an explanatory README to go with it as > I had to invent my own method of installing it on a u-booting rpi. Its a > preempt-rt kernel needed to run the armhf version of linuxcnc from > the buildbot. I run the bleeding edge development version on all 4 > of my machines I've built or rebuilt. I play the part of the caged > canary in the coal mine, checking for showstoppers as development > is ongoing and has been since the net arrived. Its a NIST project, re- > done in gpl and was once on the no export list. See at linuxcnc.org. > > So the plain text version is working and you should be able to see it at > <http:6309/geneslinuxbox.net> (or something like that) Yes. > > That file in the armhf subdir is just under 30 megabytes, so if paying > for the bandwidth, don't click on it. > > Making progress, I think, Thanks Gareth. > > However, if there is a way to implement a OTP so I can keep track of the > users, > I could use some help with that as long as I don't setup a universal pw > the bots > can use. What I'd like is a true OTP with a 2 week lifetime. Can that > be done? I see there are various offerings (web search for "apache otp") but there doesn't seem to be an official offering. I would imagine just using a password would keep the bots away. Are they that determined? Best wishes, Gareth > > Take care and stay well. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis

