webcontrol_localhost

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: on
• Group: Stream and Webcontrol

Limits the http (html) control to the localhost. This option must be placed in motion.conf and not in a thread config file., Limits the http (html) control to the localhost. This option must be placed in motion.conf and not in a thread config file.

By setting this to on, the control using http (browser) can only be accessed on the same machine on which Motion is running.