[Icecast] Different password for every mountpoint

[chiapas at aktivix.org]

2008/7/20 Pierpaolo gullˆa <sviluppo at audiias.com>:
> Hi guys ,

Hi

> I have a little doubt:

Doubt no more.

> It's possible with the last version of icecast2 to set a diffferent
> password for every mountpoint different from the server's password?

Yes.

If you want one password for all encoders (the Icecast default
setting) you can amend the following section:

<source-password>hackme</source-password>

In this scenario anyone can create a stream on any mountpoint on your
server using this password ('hackme'). If you want to change the
password you simply edit between the tags and include a new plain text
password.

> Because I want to manage the access to the server for every mountpoint
> and without give the server's password.

You can do it like this in icecast.xml:

<mount>
        <mount-name>/mount1</mount-name>
        <password>password1</password>
</mount>

<mount>
        <mount-name>/mount2</mount-name>
        <password>password2</password>
</mount>

> Another question it's if I do some changes on the icecast.xml
> configuration , and later restart the icecast with /etc/init.d/icecast2
> restart (debian linux box) , icecast takes the changes on the xml
> configuration?

Yes, as far as I know that's how it all works.

> Because I want to try to modify the icecast.xml dynamically with php.

If you add mountpoints to icecast.xml then you will need to force
Icecast to re-read the icecast.xml file before the changes take place.
You can do this by sending a SIGHUP signal from the command line using
the following command:

killall -HUP icecast

> Big thanks for your help

Hope that helps.

> Goodbye

Bests

> Pierpaolo

Chip