Apple QuickTime Streaming Server Darwin Streaming Server manual

What Clients Need to Access Protected Media

Users must have QuickTime 5 or later to access a media file for which digest authentication is enabled. If your streaming server is set up to use basic authentication, users need QuickTime

4.1or later. Users must enter their user names and passwords to view the media file. Users who try to access a media file with an earlier version of QuickTime will see the error message “401: Unauthorized.”

Adding User Accounts and Passwords

You can add a user account and password if you log in to the server computer.

To add a user account:

1Log in to the server computer as root, open a terminal window, and type the following:

qtpasswd -f <user filename> <user-name>

Alternatively, use sudo to execute the command as root. See “Executing a Command With sudo” on page 44.

2Enter a password for the user and reenter it when prompted.

Adding or Deleting Groups

You can edit the /Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Config/qtgroups file with any text editor as long as it follows this format:

<groupname>: <user-name1> <user-name2> <user-name3>

For Windows, the path is c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server\qtgroups. For other supported platforms, it is /etc/streaming/qtgroups.

mTo add or delete a group, simply edit the group file you set up.

Making Changes to the User or Group File

You can make changes to the user or group file if you log in to the server computer.

To delete a user from a user or group file:

1Log in to the server computer as administrator and use a text editor to open the user or group file.

2Delete the user name and encrypted passwords line from the user file.

3Delete the user name from the group file.

To change a user password:

1Log in to the server computer as root, open a terminal window, and type the following:

qtpasswd <user-name>

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