Prepared login page (WIP)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index 413b4e7..312d00c 100644
--- a/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ WEBBOX_READONLY On|Off
 Authentication
 --------------
 
-There is currently no separate authentication implemented in webbox.
-Instead, the web browser's authentication can be used, e.g.
+Webbox internally uses HTTP Auth for Authentication. E.g., Apache can
+be configured like this:
 
         <Directory "/usr/lib/webbox">
 
-		# ...
+		...
 
                 AuthType Basic
                 AuthName "Webbox"
@@ -78,19 +78,12 @@ Instead, the web browser's authentication can be used, e.g.
                 Require valid-user
         </Directory>
 
-        <Directory "/var/www/webbox">
-                AuthType Basic
-                AuthName "Webbox"
-                AuthUserFile "/etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.htpasswd"
-                Require valid-user
-        </Directory>
-
 Add a login/password pair to the password file:
 
 # htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.htpasswd username
 
-Remember to secure both the static web server path and the fastcgi application
-paths in the browser, i.e. /usr/lib/webbox and /var/www/webbox
+Only the FastCGI application needs to secured. The static pages in
+/var/www/webbox should be accessible to the user for login purposes.
 
 
 Example configuration for Apache
@@ -102,12 +95,6 @@ VirtualHost configuration:
 	# Define the URL of the webbox served by the Apache server:
 	# http://<servername>/testbox 
 	Alias /testbox /var/www/webbox
-        <Directory "/var/www/webbox">
-                AuthType Basic
-                AuthName "Webbox"
-                AuthUserFile "/etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.htpasswd"
-                Require valid-user
-        </Directory>
 
 	# Actual location of files to be served
 	FcgidInitialEnv WEBBOX_PATH /home/testbox