Ben,

My apologies: I did see the front page, and the auth window came up when I 
tried to do something.

I have just (again) reset the password through the setup utility, this time I 
set it to something that wasn't also the root password. It works. Maybe that's 
a "feature" if IPCOP.

On 28 Mar 2005 at 22:01, Ben Stanley wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have been using IPCop for years. I must admit I've never had the
> problem that you describe, but I'll try to help you work through it.
> 
> I just checked my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files, and root is the
> only account with a username. However, I also have an admin account and
> password. This is administered through the setup program, and the
> details are stored in /var/ipcop/auth/users . These users are apache
> users rather than unix users.
> 
> When you connect to ipcop, using http://ipcop:81/ , it should just show
> you the front page. There should be no need to authenticate, unless you
> try to 'connect' or use some other function through the menus. In that
> case, you should login with the username 'admin' or 'dial', with the
> appropriate password. I don't believe the root password will help you
> here.
> 
> Try again and please tell us exactly when it asks for authentication.
> Your message seems to indicate 'immediately, without showing the home
> page'.
> 
> What version of IPCop did you install?
> 
> You might also consider bugging the IPCop mailing lists...
> 
> Ben.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 09:03, Edwin Humphries wrote:
> > G'day all,
> > 
> > We're just setting up an IPCOP box to handle all our firewalling and
> > routing, but I have a problem. I've RTFM'd and no help there.
> > 
> > After installation, I checked out the web interface with no problems. 
> > Then interruptions for over a week before I came back to it; now I 
> > can't access it. Pulled up the interface on a browser (Firefox) and 
> > when I try to do anything up comes a auth window, asking for the name and 
> > password for "Restricted". Entering "root" and the root password doesn't 
> > work, 
> > although the shadow password file shows root is the only user. I tried 
> > creating 
> > user "admin" and set it's password - still no good. Tried setting the 
> > "admin" 
> > password using the setup utility - no good. Tred entering "Restricted" as 
> > the 
> > username - no good.
> > 
> > Can anyone help?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Edwin Humphries
> > Mobile: 0419 233 051
> > Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
> > P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533
> > Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285
> > Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299
> > Web: http//www.ironstone.com.au
> > 
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Regards,
Edwin Humphries
Mobile: 0419 233 051
Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533
Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285
Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299
Web: http//www.ironstone.com.au

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