I have a newly installed Knopmyth R5A22 box. I just tried to access mythweb from another computer and it asks for a username and password. The unix usernames don't work.

Is there a default user and password, and if so what is it? As I am behind a firewall, I wouldn't mind turning the web page security off, if that is possible?

Also, if I have to use security, what is the correct way to add a new user? I found in the documentation that there is a command called 'htpasswd' which is used to setup password files for it. I have found a couple of different instructions and I am not sure where the password file should be placed, and if there is one already, where it is. Also, do I have to edit the httpd.conf file, or is there a default location it is already looking for passwords.

You were prompted for the password for the mythtv WEB user during installation of R5A22.

The passwords are stored in /etc/apache/basicauth

You can change the mythtv user password with this:



You can also add new users with the same command.

If you want to turn off the security there is a script for that.

Of course, I remember now. Thanks for jolting my memory. I just accessed mythweb successfully.


Thanks. I have stored these instructions where I won't lose them.

Great help.