After Install

rugbyleaguer · Hangin' Around Joined: Dec 17, 2007 Posts: 29

Hi I just installed RN and when I get to the point of looking at Sentinel Admin settings all I see in the dropdown is CGIAuth not HTTPAuth, am I doing something wrong??

fkelly · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:56 pm

I believe the installer and Sentinel automatically detect which method of authorization is appropriate for your system.

FireATST · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:06 pm

I believe that means your webhost doesn't allow the HTTPAuth, so you will need to use the CGI method. Mine is the same way.

rugbyleaguer · Hangin' Around Joined: Dec 17, 2007 Posts: 29

I know I may appear thick lol but what does the CGI & HTTPAuth actually do?

montego · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:47 am

rugbyleaguer, the functionality in question is the protecting of direct access to your admin.php file. Essentially, it adds an additional layer of protection (better than renaming admin.php) that is enforced by the web server (hopefully Apache) rather than nuke.

CGIAuth and HTTPAuth are just the two methods available for doing this, which essentially is just password protecting a file (you can use the same method to protect an entire directory which I do for modules/Forums/admin).

It sounds like your PHP is running as a CGI rather than an Apache module, which is why only CGIAuth is available.

The HowToInstall manual that comes with RavenNuke discusses the steps needed for setting up the CGIAuth protection of your admin.php script.