Terms not in angle brackets are keywords. Anything in angle brackets is information you supply.
Save the access file as plain text (not .rtf or any other file format).
message is text your users see when the login window appears. It’s optional. If your message contains any white space (such as a space character between terms), make sure you enclose the entire message in quotation marks.
user filename is the path and filename of the user file. For Mac OS X, the default
is /Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Config/qtusers. For Windows, it is c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server\qtusers). For other supported platforms, it is /etc/streaming/qtusers.
group filename is the path and filename of the group file. For Mac OS X, the default is /Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Config/qtgroups. For Windows, it is c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server\qtgroups. For other supported platforms, it is /etc/streaming/qtgroups. A group file is optional. If you have a lot of users, it may be easier to set up one or more groups, and then enter the group names, than to list each user.
username is a user who is authorized to log in and view the media file. The user’s name must be in the user file you specified. You can also specify
groupname is a group whose members are authorized to log in and view the media file. The group and its members must be listed in the group file you specified.
You can use these additional user tags:
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You can also add the keyword AuthScheme with the values “basic” or “digest” to a qtaccess file. This overrides the global authentication setting on a
If you have made customized changes to the default qtaccess access file, be aware that making any changes to broadcast user settings in Streaming Server Admin will modify the default qtaccess file at the root level of the Movies directory. Any customized modifications you may have made prior to this will not be preserved.
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