Installing Final Cut Server on Lion

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Installing Final Cut Server on Lion and Lion Server

Final Cut Server installs okay on OS X Lion and Lion Server, but in its default configuration authentication fails from the Java Client. In order to use Final Cut Server running on OS X Lion, please run the following commands:

Switch the Final Cut Server authentication mode to use CRAM-MD5 passwords by executing following command in Terminal:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.FinalCutServer.settings "AUTH_TYPE" -int 2

Restart Final Cut Server via the System Preference pane.

If your Final Cut Server is installed on OS X Lion Client, you must also enable CRAM-MD5 password support for any user accounts you have configured to access Final Cut Server.

For each user account accessing Final Cut Server:

sudo pwpolicy -u username -sethashtypes CRAM-MD5 on

And then reset the password of the user using:

sudo pwpolicy -a username -u username -setpassword

(The password reset can also be performed via System Preferences).

Optionally enable CRAM-MD5 password support for new users:

sudo pwpolicy -setglobalhashtypes CRAM-MD5 on

Please note that Lion Server has CRAM-MD5 enabled by default for user accounts and does not require this step.

If your Final Cut Server is installed on Lion Server, you have to also manually configure the webserver to show the Final Cut Server start page. Depending on the webserver sites configuration you use, simply add the required rewrite rule to the appropriate virtual host. The required lines of http configuration can be found here:

/Library/Application\ Support/Final\ Cut\ Server/Final\ Cut\ Server.bundle/Contents/Resources/share/conf/client_apache2.conf

Please note that on Lion Client the automatic configuration of the webserver works correctly and this step is not required.