[Icecast] unable to set username/password for a mount point

[Jayesh Dalal]

Hello,

I've icecast2 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I can access it via
http://localhost:8000

I followed this document to add authentication:
https://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/auth.html

I added the following to /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml file:
<mount>

<mount-name>/example.ogg</mount-name>
<authentication type="htpasswd">
<option name="filename" value="myauth"/>
<option name="allow_duplicate_users" value="0"/>
</authentication></mount>

I restarted the icecast server as:
sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 restart

I tried to add a username/password to the /example.ogg stream and I
get the following message in the error.log file:
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] INFO admin/admin_handle_request Received admin
command manageauth.xsl on mount "/example.ogg"
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_recheckfile failed
to check status of myauth
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_adduser Failed to
open authentication database "myauth": Permission denied

Can someone please advice whree is the database "myauth" written to,
so I can verify that directory has the correct permissions?

Thanks in advance.

Jayesh

[Robert Jeffares]

do you have a steram mounted on the server called "example.ogg"

If the mount don't exist the script will fail

R

Post by Jayesh Dalal
Hello,
I've icecast2 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I can access it via
http://localhost:8000
https://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/auth.html
|<mount> |
|<mount-name>/example.ogg</mount-name> <authentication
type="htpasswd"> <option name="filename" value="myauth"/> <option
name="allow_duplicate_users" value="0"/> </authentication> </mount>|
sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 restart
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] INFO admin/admin_handle_request Received admin command manageauth.xsl on mount "/example.ogg"
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_recheckfile failed to check status of myauth
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_adduser Failed to open authentication database "myauth": Permission denied
Can someone please advice whree is the database "myauth" written to, so I can verify that directory has the correct permissions?
Thanks in advance.
Jayesh
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[Jayesh Dalal]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the prompt response.

I do have the stream mounted. This is the error I get on the interface
(note I changed the example.ogg to 01.ogg as part of my testing):
[image: ManageAuth.png]

If the stream is not mounted, then mountpoint /01.ogg section disappears.

I also made sure that the stream was still playing and had not ended.

Jayesh

Post by Robert Jeffares
do you have a steram mounted on the server called "example.ogg"
If the mount don't exist the script will fail
R
Hello,
I've icecast2 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I can access it via
http://localhost:8000
https://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/auth.html
<mount>
<mount-name>/example.ogg</mount-name>
<authentication type="htpasswd">
<option name="filename" value="myauth"/>
<option name="allow_duplicate_users" value="0"/>
</authentication></mount>
sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 restart
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] INFO admin/admin_handle_request Received admin command manageauth.xsl on mount "/example.ogg"
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_recheckfile failed to check status of myauth
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_adduser Failed to open authentication database "myauth": Permission denied
Can someone please advice whree is the database "myauth" written to, so I can verify that directory has the correct permissions?
Thanks in advance.
Jayesh
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[Philipp Schafft]

Good afternoon,

Post by Jayesh Dalal
Hello,
I've icecast2 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I can access it via
http://localhost:8000
https://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/auth.html
<mount>
<mount-name>/example.ogg</mount-name>
<authentication type="htpasswd">
<option name="filename" value="myauth"/>
<option name="allow_duplicate_users" value="0"/>
</authentication></mount>
sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 restart

Ok.

Post by Jayesh Dalal
I tried to add a username/password to the /example.ogg stream and I
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] INFO admin/admin_handle_request Received admin
command manageauth.xsl on mount "/example.ogg"
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_recheckfile failed
to check status of myauth
[2018-10-27 01:11:26] WARN auth_htpasswd/htpasswd_adduser Failed to
open authentication database "myauth": Permission denied
Can someone please advice whree is the database "myauth" written to,
so I can verify that directory has the correct permissions?

The database is relative to Icecast's current working directory. As that
depends on what the init script does you can hard control that.

Therefore I suggest to use a absolute path for it.
e.g.: /etc/icecast/mylisteners


I hope that helps!

With best regards,