Live view lost when user login is enabled

camroidv27 · Post by **camroidv27** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:53 pm

I have found that when I have the user login option enabled n ZM, I loose the ability to view the video streams live. When I disable user logins in ZM, then I get the functionality back. I would like to have a login for some added security in terms of who can view my cameras.

Running on Ubuntu Server 10.04, using the latest .deb of zoneminder.

camroidv27 · Post by **camroidv27** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:53 pm

I changed the Authentication method from "Hashed" to "None" and it seems to have taken care of the issue. I know its not too secure, but just something there is better than nothing.

oviri · Post by **oviri** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:34 am

Hi,
same here but no issue even when changed auth method to none. I also lose possibility to "Add new Monitor" when enabling OPT_USE_AUTH

river100 · Post by **river100** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:27 pm

i've posted this same reply a few times in the past, however it never hurts to say it again.
if you are exposing your dvr to the net,,,

i would do 2 things
1- use apache "basic auth" it can be done 2 ways, the easiest for me is with an htaccess file
2- install " fail2ban " after install you will have to make changes to the config file
some changes are 1- work with web access, 2- the login failure tries and
the amount of BAN time
there's lots of info on the net about this. and it's very easy with ubuntu

by the way, i'm by far no expert in security but from what i've read this does add to your security and hey... it's free