Re: [mv] cannot restrict access for minimate

[Stefan Hornburg <racke@linuxia.de>]

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Shao Zhang <shao@shaoz.dhs.org> writes:

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> 
> Hi,
> 	I cannot set the access restrictions for minimate.
> 
> 	This is what I did:
> 	touch /usr/local/mvend/lib/MiniMate/pages/config/.access
> 	
> 
> 	Now the respective pages cannot be displayed. But what should I
> 	specify in .access_gate in order to get a prompt for username
> 	and password.

To get that prompt you have to configure your web server appropriately
(see the example on the MiniMate homepage, please note that I fixed
a bug in the documentation, so ensure that you get the current version).

> 
> 
> 	The other method for access restrictions for minimate is to use
> 	the internal web server, but the document is very confusing,
> 	someone please clarify my understanding:

I you have a better version of this paragraph, please send it to me.

> 
> 	From the MiniMate Doc:
> 
> 	Create an non-empty file .access in all directories containing
> 	MiniMate pages.All those pages are accessible only by the
> 	shop owner defined by the catalog configuration directives
> 	RemoteUser and Password:
> 
> 	So what should this non-empty file contain???

This is completely up to you, e.g.

cd /usr/local/mvend/lib/MiniMate/pages
for dir in config admin; do
    echo "Minimate documentation has to be improved, make suggestions" > .access
done

Ciao
        Racke

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