Apple QuickTime Streaming Server (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual

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Managing Your Streaming Server

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How do I kill and restart the QuickTime Streaming Server processes in
Mac OS X Server?

To kill the QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) processes:

1

Find the process ID (PID) for each process, then enter a command in Terminal to “kill” the
processes and restart QTSS.

You must be logged in as root to perform this task.

2

Open the Terminal application in the Finder and enter the following:

ps -ax | grep QuickTimeStreamingServer

Text similar to the following should appear:

949 ?? Ss0:00.00 /usr/sbin/QuickTimeStreamingServer

950 ?? S 0:00.13 /usr/sbin/QuickTimeStreamingServer

965 std S+0:00.00 grep QuickTimeStreamingServer

3

Find the process IDs of the QuickTimeStreamingServer processes. In this example, they are

949

and

950

. To kill them, enter the following:

kill 949 950

4

Finally, restart the server by entering the following:

QuickTimeStreamingServer

How do I kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes in
Mac OS X Server?

To kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes, you need to find the process ID (PID)
for the streamingadminserver process, enter a command in Terminal to kill the process, and
then restart Streaming Server Admin.

You must be logged in as root to perform this task.

To kill and restart a process:

1

Open the Terminal application in the Finder and enter the following:

ps -ax | grep streamingadminserver

Text similar to the following should appear:

947 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/streamingadminserver.pl

970 std S+ 0:00.00 grep streamingadminserver

2

Find the process ID of the streamingadminserver process. In this example, it is

947

. To kill

the process, enter the following:

kill 947

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