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  1. rhysmoe, Feb 17, 2010

    rhysmoe macrumors newbie

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    I'll make this as brief as possible, I keep reading, figure myself fairly savvy but have little to no web dev experience.

    I took my old black macbook, turned it into a media server connected to my tv with backup hard drives for all media, and software. I have a IP identifying to give myself a static address. I have a VNC server setup so i can get in via computer and iphone outside of my home network. I have setup mamp and here is where the trouble starts.

    I am simply trying to setup a site that is password protected, that I can let myself, or others into, so I can get to my media, and more importantly, documents and software, outside of my home network.

    I can get it to display my files, but many of them try to stream on the web and not download. I can't get it password protected, and I'm getting frustrated. If I point mamp at a .html file, it doesn't find it, I can only point it to a directory, then it just lists allt he files with no ability to password protect.


    I feel like I am completely missing the boat on steps here, I don't want anything fancy, but if someone could tell me what direction to go in that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. Cerebrus' Maw, Feb 17, 2010

    Cerebrus' Maw macrumors 6502

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    Ok, MAMP setup is not my strong point, but a few things that I might be able to share from working on Apache.

    For password protect, you need to use .htaccess file with a .htpasswd file in the directory that you want protected (usually in root directory of your website) If you do not have them you can simply create them with a text editor. Here is a good source.

    2)
    If you go to the directory and it is listing all of your files: Most Apache servers are configured to look for certain files in order if it cannot find one if it is pointed at a directory, it will look for the next etc etc. Once this list runs out, I think it will then display all files to the browser. The list usually runs something like:
    index.html, index.php, index.asp, index.jsp etc

    This list is configurable on the Apache setup. Although I'm not really sure what you want to display when users actually go to your site....?

    Hope this helps a bit.
     
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