Specifications

278 Chapter 16 Configuring and Managing QuickTime Streaming Server
To reset the broadcaster user name and password:
1 Log in to the server computer and open a Terminal window.
2 Remove the old broadcaster username by entering:
$ sudo qtpasswd -R broadcaster
3 Add a new broadcaster username by entering:
$ sudo qtpasswd -A broadcaster someUserName
4 If the new broadcaster user doesn’t exist, follow the prompts to enter and confirm the
password.
Controlling Access to Streamed Media
You can set up authentication to control client access to streamed media files.
Two schemes of authentication are supported: basic and digest. By default, the server
uses the more secure digest authentication.
You can also control playlist access and administrator access to your streaming server.
Authentication does not control access to media streamed from a relay server.
The administrator of the relay server must set up authentication for relayed media.
The ability to manage user access is built into the streaming server, so it is always
enabled.
For folder-level access control to work, an access file must be present in the streaming
media folder of the file being accessed. If an access file is not present in the folder of
the requested file, access is controlled by the Server Admin QTSS guest access setting
(the default is guest access enabled) in combination with the Server Admin Access
settings for nonguest users.
When an access file is present, it functions as a fine-grain folder level control and over-
rides other access settings. That is, even when guest access is enabled, a streaming
media folder with an access file might still require authenticated access for specified
users and groups or allow guest access to a specific folder when guest access is
disabled by Server Admin.
To set up qtpasswd-based user access control:
1 Create user accounts using the qtpasswd tool.
2 Create an access file containing the users and groups created with qtpasswd and place
it in the media folder you want to protect.
3 If you want to disable authentication for a media folder, remove the access file
(called
qtaccess) or rename it (for example, qtaccess.disabled).