User guide

96 Chapter 10
Authentication and Authorization
Versi o n 3 . 1
The qtpasswd utility
The qtpasswd utility lets you create a user file, and to add and delete users.
To create a user, the name of the user is mandatory.
The syntax is the following:
qtpasswd [-option] <username>
The following are optional flags that can be used:
[-F]
Does not confirm when deleting users or overwriting existing
files
[-f]
Password file to modify (defaults to the value set in
streamingserver.xml)
[-c]
Creates a new user file
[-r]
Realm to use when creating a new file with "-c"
Default: "
Envivio Streaming Server"
[-p]
Allows entry of the password at command line rather than
prompting for it
[-P]
File to read the password from rather than prompting for it
[-d]
Deletes the specified user
[-h]
Displays usage