Password Required for Web Interface
The option to allow unrestricted access to the HTTP Web Interface is broken in v2.1.0.
Steps to reproduce:
- Install pre 2.1.0 version of VLC
- Configure web access (Preferences -> Show All -> Interface -> Main Interface -> Extra Interface Modules -> http) and make sure no password is set in the Lua -> Password field
- Verify that the HTTP Web Interface is functional
- Upgrade to VLC v2.1.0 (settings did not change from before the upgrade)
- Web Access is now denied showing the following information:
Password for Web interface has not been set.
Please use --http-password, or set a password in
Preferences > All > Main interfaces > Lua > Lua HTTP > Password.