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Chapter 16 Working with QuickTime Streaming Server 277
Terms not in angle brackets are keywords. Anything in angle brackets is information
you supply. Save the access file as plain text (not as .rtf or any other file format).
You can use these additional user tags:
 valid-user is any user defined in the qtusers file. The statement require valid-
user
specifies that any authenticated user in the qtusers file can have access to the
media files. If this tag is used, the server will prompt users for an appropriate user
name and password.
 any-user allows any user to view media without providing a name or password.
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 folderfolder-by-
folder basis.
If you make 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 folder. Any modifications you made prior to
this will not be preserved.
Parameter Description
message
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
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
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 many users, it may be easier to
set up one or more groups, and then enter the group names, than
to list each user.
username
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
valid-user, which designates any valid user.
groupname
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.