Icecast - Oct 2008 - How to killsource from command line?

Hi

Apologies - this is more of a bash question than an Icecast question.
When I visit the listmounts.xsl page for my Icecast server, for
example here:

http://icecast.example.com:8000/admin/listmounts.xsl

I see that each mountpoint is listed like so:
> Mount Point : (/example.mp3)
> List Clients | Move Listeners |  Update Metadata | Kill Source
>
> 35 Listener(s)
The code for the "Kill Source" link resembles something like this:

http://icecast.example.com:8000/admin/killsource.xsl?mount=/example.mp3

So is there a way of invoking this URL from bash - perhaps like this:

lynx -auth user:password
http://icecast.example.com:8000/admin/killsource.xsl?mount=/example.mp3

Only the above doesn't work.

I would use this for the automated detaching of unwanted mountpoints,
perhaps in a cron job.

Many thanks in advance.

Chip Scooter

chiapas at aktivix.org schrieb:
> lynx -auth user:password
> http://icecast.example.com:8000/admin/killsource.xsl?mount=/example.mp3
>
> Only the above doesn't work.
>   
you might want to try "curl" or "wget" instead.
I see no reason why that shouldn't work.

Thomas

They should work :P

but if it the local server  try using 127.0.0.1 for the server name
instead, lot of server are not configure correctly to know what their
address is.

also the syntax  user:Pass at servername    should work also.

I use it allot on a remote control server to force a client to drop.
But one thing you have to make sure is that they not on reconnect in
the client or it will reconnect with in a few seconds.

Also I would add their source IP into the firewall setting for a
temporary ban to the server.  . but that is a totally different.

Also i work with one where i would update the server with a new
username/password fot the mount and reload the server (not reset the
server) then kick them , this will keep them from getting back on.

David

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:35 PM,  <chiapas at aktivix.org>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> Apologies - this is more of a bash question than an Icecast question.
> When I visit the listmounts.xsl page for my Icecast server, for
> example here:
>
> http://icecast.example.com:8000/admin/listmounts.xsl
>
> I see that each mountpoint is listed like so:
>
>> Mount Point : (/example.mp3)
>> List Clients | Move Listeners |  Update Metadata | Kill Source
>>
>> 35 Listener(s)
>
> The code for the "Kill Source" link resembles something like
this:
>
> http://icecast.example.com:8000/admin/killsource.xsl?mount=/example.mp3
>
> So is there a way of invoking this URL from bash - perhaps like this:
>
> lynx -auth user:password
> http://icecast.example.com:8000/admin/killsource.xsl?mount=/example.mp3
>
> Only the above doesn't work.
>
> I would use this for the automated detaching of unwanted mountpoints,
> perhaps in a cron job.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Chip Scooter
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>

Hi

Many thanks for the helpful replies.

Please see below.

2008/11/1 David Saunders <abitar.com at
gmail.com>:
> They should work :P
>
> but if it the local server  try using 127.0.0.1 for the server name
> instead, lot of server are not configure correctly to know what their
> address is.
>
> also the syntax  user:Pass at servername    should work also.
Doesn't yet work for me.

I've tried this from the CLI and it just returns me to a cursor thus:

[root at example ~]# lynx -auth user:password
http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/killsource.xsl?mount=/example.mp3
>
Same using curl and wget, for example:

[root at example ~]# curl
http://user:password at
127.0.0.1:8000/admin/killsource.xsl?mount=/example.mp3
>
> I use it allot on a remote control server to force a client to drop.
> But one thing you have to make sure is that they not on reconnect in
> the client or it will reconnect with in a few seconds.
Good point.
> Also I would add their source IP into the firewall setting for a
> temporary ban to the server.  . but that is a totally different.
Yes, I am having success with iptables - I have effectively solved my
problem this way but for curiosity's sake I am interested in using
lynx/curl/wget.
> Also i work with one where i would update the server with a new
> username/password fot the mount and reload the server (not reset the
> server) then kick them , this will keep them from getting back on.
Good point but I'm trying to avoid restarting Icecast and dropping all
other active connections - and I presume "killall -HUP icecast" will
_not_ drop the unwanted mountpoint.
> David
Many thanks

Chip Scooter