OPTICODEC-PC
STREAMING SERVERS
4-7
Access Control
Allow Write Access
By default, DSS does not contain a
qtaccess
file. You must create a
qtaccess
file
and place it in the DSS media directory, Windows default,
C:\Program
Files\Darwin Streaming Server\Movies
. The file must be named
qtaccess
and saved as plain text without formatting.
Use a text editor program such as Notepad.
qtaccess
file to allow any encoder access to DSS:
<Limit WRITE>
require any-user
</Limit>
require any-user
qtaccess
file to limit encoder access to DSS:
<Limit WRITE>
require user username
</Limit>
require any-user
username
is an encoder username of your choice.
Allow Authenticated Client Player Access
By default, DSS does not contain a
qtaccess
file. For access control to work, an ac-
cess file must be present in the DSS media directory, Windows default,
C:\Program
Files\Darwin Streaming Server\Movies
. If an access file is not present, all cli-
ents are allowed to access the media in the directory, and all encoders on other
computers will have no write access. The file must be named
qtaccess
and saved as
plain text without formatting.
Use a text editor program such as Notepad.
qtaccess
file for authenticated client player access:
<Limit WRITE>
require user username
</Limit>
require valid-user
username
is an encoder username of your choice.
Access File Reference
The qtaccess file is a text file in the DSS Media directory, subdirectory, or set of files
in subdirectories. The qtaccess file will protect all media files in the directory with
the qtaccess file and its subdirectories.
It is important to remember that the qtaccess file can control both en-
coder and client player access, depending upon the file’s location.
The parameters in the file can contain some or all of the following:
AuthName <message>
AuthUserFile <user filename>
AuthGroupFile <group filename>
require user <username1> <username2>
