Web interface problem

[noblow91]

I just set up the web interface and tested it on this computer. This is the computer I run VLC on. I tried connecting to it from another computer and got a 403 forbidden error and looked into that. I see on the wiki it says to edit the .hosts file, which I have. My entire .hosts file is as follows:

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# # Access-list for VLC HTTP interface # $Id$ # # localhost ::1 127.0.0.1 # link-local addresses #fe80::/64 # private addresses #fc00::/7 #fec0::/10 #10.0.0.0/8 #172.16.0.0/12 #192.168.0.0/16 #169.254.0.0/16 192.168.254.4 # The world (uncommenting these 2 lines is not quite safe) ::/0 0.0.0.0/0

As you can see I have not only added an IP Address to the list, but I have granted access to all IPs. My problem still persists however. Even with the .hosts file as it is, I can only connect to the web interface from the computer running VLC. Does anybody know why?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

You need to restart the HTTP interface.

[noblow91]

I have. Many times in fact, but I just installed VLC on my ubuntu server and was adding individual IPs to the list all starting with 192.168 so i figured I would get rid of those and just insert 192.168.0.0/0 instead. My web interface now works on every computer in the house on both my server and laptop.

[mysoogal]

You need to restart the HTTP interface.

restarting is not working, i have restarted already 4 times its just not working.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Restarting is work. I have restarted it one time and it is just working. Very constructive discussion we can have.

My best guess is that you're not modifying the correct file.