On October 28, 2002 05:21 am, Jon-o Addleman wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 12:57:18PM -0700, Leo Spalteholz spake thusly: > > On October 26, 2002 11:51 am, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > > > > It appears you need to use an input file containing your > > > > plaintext password - create that with a text editor, or with > > > > 'echo password > filename'. > > > > > > > > Then type 'makepasswd --crypt --clearfrom filename' and it > > > > will output the plaintext password followed by the encrypted > > > > version. Copy and paste that into /etc/icecast/icecast.conf > > > > > > Ok thanks I'll try that. > > > > Hmm.. Well its running but everytime a source tries to connect > > it > > > > says: > > > [26/Oct/2002:12:41:16] Kicking source 10 > > > [pt004rdt013.res.uvic.ca] > > > > [Bad Password] [encoder], connected for 0 seconds, 0 bytes > > transfered. -1 sources connected > > -> [26/Oct/2002:12:41:16] Kicking all 0 clients for source 10 > > > > I did what you suggested, and the output of makepasswd was: > > boxserver:/etc/icecast/etc# makepasswd --crypt --clearfrom temp > > icecast 178UHCz5f3wWU > > then I copied that into my icecast.conf file so I have a line > > like this: > > encoder_password 178UHCz5f3wWU > > > > Is that right? > > That's about what I did... you have your source client sending the > password in cleartext though, don't you?
Yes. Well I've tried everything... One thing I noticed was that the output from makepasswd changes all the time for the same cleartext pass. Is it supposed to be doing that? thanks, Leo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]