Setup guide

■ OS X: htpasswd -D /etc/apache2/auth/backburner.auth <username>
Step 3 (Optional): Giving Specific Users Administrator Privileges
Users without administrators privileges can perform operations on the jobs they themselves submit, but can
only monitor other jobs on the Backburner network. Users with administrator privileges can actively manage
all jobs and render nodes. Administrator privileges are assigned in the Backburner configuration file.
1 On the workstation where the Backburner Manager is installed, open for editing
/usr/discreet/backburner/cfg/wiretap.cfg.
2 Update the BackburnerAdministrators keyword, You can a comma-separate list of users, for example:
BackburnerAdministrators=backburner, apache, wiretapcentral, admin
3 Save and exit the file. To verify that administrator privileges have been successfully applied to the user
account, first, on the workstation where the Backburner Manager is installed, restart the Backburner
Manager so it picks up the new settings:
■ Linux: /etc/init.d/backburner restart
■ OS X: /usr/discreet/backburner/backburner_manager restart
4 Next, log in to WiretapCentral as the administrator account, and attempt to suspend a job that belongs
to a different user. If the suspension operation is successful, the administrator privileges have been
applied. If you receive a “permission denied” error message, the account does not have administrator
privileges.
Web browser configuration
The WiretapCentral graphical user interface runs in any Web browser that supports the Adobe Flash Player
plug-in, version 9 or later. If you already have the Adobe Flash Player plug-in installed for your browser, you
do not have to perform any additional configuration to use WiretapCentral. Open a Web browser, and point
it to http://<hostname>/WiretapCentral.
On Creative Finishing workstations, the Autodesk DKU (Discreet Kernel Utilities) automatically installs the
Adobe Flash Player. This does not apply to Flare workstations, as the DKU is not installed for Flare. You can
get Adobe Flash Player from the Adobe Web site..
Configuring Creative Finishing Applications to Access WiretapCentral
Linux:
1 If the Creative Finishing application is running, exit it.
2 In a terminal, as root, open for editing init.cfg, in a text editor.
3 Change the value of the WiretapCentralUrl keyword to refer to the system where you installed
WiretapCentral, for example: WiretapCentralUrl http://server1/WiretapCentral/
4 Save and close the file.
Smoke for Mac:
1 If Smoke is running, exit it.
2 Run the Smoke Setup application from Applications / Autodesk / Smoke <version> / Smoke
Utilities.
3 Enter the URL of WiretapCentral in the WiretapCentral Url field, in the General tab. For example:
http://server1/WiretapCentral/
4 Click Apply to save the settings, and then close the Smoke Setup application.
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