How do I kill and restart the QuickTime Streaming Server processes in Mac OS X Server?
To kill the QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) processes:
1Find the process ID (PID) for each process, then enter a command in Terminal to “kill” the processes and restart QTSS.
You must be logged in as root to perform this task.
2Open the Terminal application in the Finder and enter the following:
ps
Text similar to the following should appear:
949?? Ss0:00.00 /usr/sbin/QuickTimeStreamingServer
950?? S 0:00.13 /usr/sbin/QuickTimeStreamingServer
965std S+0:00.00 grep QuickTimeStreamingServer
3Find the process IDs of the QuickTimeStreamingServer processes. In this example, they are
949 and 950. To kill them, enter the following:
kill 949 950
4Finally, restart the server by entering the following:
QuickTimeStreamingServer
How do I kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes in Mac OS X Server?
To kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes, you need to find the process ID (PID) for the streamingadminserver process, enter a command in Terminal to kill the process, and then restart Streaming Server Admin.
You must be logged in as root to perform this task.
To kill and restart a process:
1Open the Terminal application in the Finder and enter the following:
ps
Text similar to the following should appear:
947 | ?? | Ss | 0:00.00 | /usr/sbin/streamingadminserver.pl |
970 | std | S+ | 0:00.00 | grep streamingadminserver |
2Find the process ID of the streamingadminserver process. In this example, it is 947. To kill the process, enter the following:
kill 947
Managing Your Streaming Server | 51 |
