Re: [Dorset] Problem with 'full' Root partition

2021-01-30 Thread C Wills
Hi Ralph Will try those commands out as have not yet deleted those folders but have copied them into my /home folder, so if all fails I've got a backup copy. That sound exactly what I thought was happening!  The Flatpak system must have been bought in on one of the upgrades as I'm not sure I h

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

2021-01-30 Thread Stephen Wolff
A query for both you and Ralph: Do these techniques somehow prevent the same behaviour as was occurring with Chromium, where logins were being 'remembered' across sessions? I think you’ll see a similar effect - that the basic auth credentials will be ‘remembered’, but I don’t think that is r

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

2021-01-30 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 30 January 2021 09:46:59 GMT Stephen Wolff wrote: > You can do it with nginx as well - and it’s as simple as with Apache: > > - > https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-> > basic-authentication/ > > But as you say, your system is pretty low-ris

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

2021-01-30 Thread Stephen Wolff
Hi Terry, I'm going to use nginx rather than Apache, simply because it is what I used for the original Audio Guide and Quiz Webserver so I have prior experience with it. Also it is lightweight which is also a bonus with the RPi and one of the reasons that I chose it 3-4 years ago. You can

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

2021-01-30 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 30 January 2021 08:30:22 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > If you don't need to enforce that short 15-minute authorisation time > then I think Stephen is right that it's easier to configure Apache to > guard the control page, with your Python knowing nothing about it. > https://httpd.apache.

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

2021-01-30 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > > - Does the whole site require authentication? > > No. Only the Control Page. > > > - Are the users who need to authenticate a handful so they can be > > educated in responding to the browser's login prompt? > > Yes. A very slack handful. :-) Probably no more than half a dozen.