You can run the webgui on any port that you like. Set it for port 65535, 
I'm sure no one will find it there.  If they do, then you have bigger 
issues within the company than people merely typing random IP addresses 
into their web browser.

Thanks,
Michael

Jimmy Bones (Mhottie) wrote:
> True, but the mere existance of a Password protected webpage will get a
> request for the password, etc. I don't want to seem like we are keeping them
> from anything directly like that, I would rather just not have pretty
> graphics (command line/shell) which will scare them away from it.
>
> Politics always plays a role here.
>
>
> On 3/9/06, Tom Anderson <tom at haremail dot net> wrote:
>   
>> If you don't give anybody the password, they won't be able to change any
>> settings.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jimmy Bones (Mhottie)" <mhottie at gmail dot com>
>> To: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:44 AM
>> Subject: [m0n0wall] Disable WebGUI and use Shell only?
>>
>>
>> Hello guys.
>>
>> Is there a way to disable the webgui and configure/access via shell/ssh
>> only?
>>
>> Or maybe run the webgui on an odd port, etc? Have the console menu dump
>> into
>> a shell login prompt instead of console menu, etc?
>>
>> I ask because we are going to setup a m0n0 box in a small office that has
>> several nosy people in it that will want to start "playing with settings".
>> I
>> would like to do the inital config in the webgui, then disable it and
>> continue to configure via a shell, etc. and keep it that way.
>>
>> Let me know if thats possible.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>     
>
>