Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Administrator’s Guide
- Contents
- QuickTime Streaming
- Getting Started
- Managing Your Streaming Server
- User Interface
- Working With Streaming Server Admin
- Viewing Streaming Status
- Starting or Stopping Streaming Service
- Working With Connected Users
- Changing Server Settings
- Controlling QuickTime Broadcaster Remotely
- Working With General Settings
- Working With Port Settings
- Working With Log Settings
- Viewing Error Logs and Access History
- Media
- About Instant-On Streaming
- Preparing Prerecorded Media
- Preparing Audio
- Streaming Media Files With Multiple Sources
- Streaming File Formats Like .avi, .text, and .wav
- Exporting a QuickTime Movie as a Hinted Movie
- Improving the Performance of Hinted Movies
- Session Description Protocol (SDP) Files
- Streaming Live Media
- Viewing Streamed Media From a Client Computer
- Setting Up a Web Page With Streamed Media
- Creating Links to MP3 Playlists
- Bandwidth Considerations
- Playlists
- Relays
- Security
- Resetting the Streaming Server Admin User Name and Password
- Controlling Access to Streamed Media
- Creating an Access File
- What Clients Need to Access Protected Media
- Adding User Accounts and Passwords
- Adding or Deleting Groups
- Making Changes to the User or Group File
- Installing SSL
- Using Automatic Unicast (Announce) With QTSS or DSS on a Separate Computer
- Executing a Command With sudo
- Streaming on Port 80
- Firewalls and Networks With Address Translation
- Problems
- Streaming Server Admin Is Not Responding
- The Server Doesn’t Start Up or Quits Unexpectedly
- The Streaming Server Computer Crashes or Is Restarted
- Media Files Do Not Stream Properly
- Streaming Performance Seems Slow
- Users Can’t Connect to Your Broadcast
- Users See Error Messages While Streaming Media
- Users Can’t See Live Streamed Media
- You’re Having Problems With Playlists
- Advanced
- How do I bind the Streaming Server Admin computer to a single IP address if my machine is multiho...
- How do I bind QTSS or DSS to a single IP address if my machine is multihomed?
- How do I kill and restart the QuickTime Streaming Server processes in Mac OS X Server?
- How do I kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes in Mac OS X Server?
- How do I get QTSS to re-read its preferences without killing or restarting the server?
- How do I configure QTSS to host streams from multiple user media directories?
- User Interface
- Setup Example
- Glossary
- Index
44 Chapter 2
<Limit WRITE>
require any-user
</Limit>
require any-user
3 If you want to limit broadcaster access to the server, enter the following lines in the file:
<Limit WRITE>
require user someUserName
</Limit>
require any-user
where someUserName is a broadcaster user name of your choosing.
4 Save the file as plain text (not .rtf or any other file format).
5 For QTSS or DSS 4.1 or later: Click “Change Movie Broadcast Password” in General Settings
in Streaming Server Admin.
Enter the new user name and then the new password (twice) in the dialog, and click Change
Password. You’re done.
For QTSS or DSS version 4.0: Log in as root (or administrator in Windows) and open a
terminal window. Alternatively, use sudo to execute the command below as root. See
“Executing a Command With sudo” on page 44.
As root (or administrator in Windows), type the following (where
someUserName is a
broadcaster user name of your choosing):
qtpasswd someUserName
You will be prompted for a password twice. After each prompt, enter the password for the
new user you are creating.
Example:
[host:~] root# qtpasswd broadcastuser
Adding userName broadcastuser
New password:
Re-type new password:
[host:~] root#
Executing a Command With sudo
If you are logged in as an administrator, you can use sudo to execute a command as if you
were the root user (administrator in Windows). This way you don’t have to enable the root
account to make changes that require root privileges.
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