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Is it safe to upgrade Apache?
I have an older ReadyNAS NV+. I'm trying to move my personal web server onto it. I've got the service running and it all works fine but I'm trying to password protect some pages. SO... I've ...
jak0lantash wrote:
I understood that bit, but that's possible on OS4.2, natively. I'm accessing a share via HTTP and need to enter username & password.
It's not possible on OS4.1?
Yes, OS 4.1 also works that way. http://nasname/sharename will give you a user/password prompt.
Sorry - didn't respond to all.
Yes - the OS will require a username/password but you can't set the folder security independently past th at - it's all on the parent folder and propagates throughout the tree. I want to leave the parent folder open.
The other option which I'm considering is just do all the authentication with php. That would look prettier but is a lot more work. Especially since I'm having a bear of a time connecting to the mysql database on the readynas - I've been getting buffaloed at login. I can do it internal to the ReadyNAS but not from externally even though I've bound the listening port to the IP of the NAS.
This unit was just never intended to be used this way, I think.
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