You protect the directory where the cgi file is located and then folk can't run it because they can't access it.
Am I missing something? > Correct, but that is not how the cgi script runs. It is not a regular > Apache/HTTPD cgi-bin > > It runs as a Daemon. It doesn't read from a directory so it won't pick up any > htaccess/htpassword. > > I think I need to put a password module into the cgi script. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 28 November 2016 14:10 > To: Lake D Mr (PG/R - Elec Electronic Eng) <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Get_iplayer is streaming live TV! > > I don't understand the problem. > > As explained at the url I gave... > > A typical .htaccess file looks like the following: > > AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd > AuthType Basic > AuthName "My restricted Area" > Require valid-user > > Then your .htpasswd is placed at the location referenced above. > > > >> Yes, but that is for Apache, isn't it? >> >> I thought that get_iplayer.cgi ran as a Daemon (written in Perl). How do I >> apply standard >> htaccess to that ? >> >> Please excuse me if I'm being a little thick today (or at least more than >> usual). >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 28 November 2016 14:00 >> To: Lake D Mr (PG/R - Elec Electronic Eng) <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Get_iplayer is streaming live TV! >> >> >> >>> The answer is going to be some .htaccess-like username/password. >> >> It's pretty simple to create a password file using something like this... >> >> http://www.web2generators.com/apache-tools/htpasswd-generator >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2016.0.7924 / Virus Database: 4664/13487 - Release Date: >> 11/27/16 _______________________________________________ >> get_iplayer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer >> >> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7924 / Virus Database: 4664/13487 - Release Date: 11/27/16 > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > > _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
