# HTTPTranscoderThumbnail password protection

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/httptranscoderthumbnail-password-protection/46682>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 7, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/httptranscoderthumbnail-password-protection/46682 "2016-04-07T12:53:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Gerd\_Koetje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7bcc69/32.png) [@Gerd\_Koetje](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gerd_Koetje)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/httptranscoderthumbnail-password-protection/46682/1 "2016-04-07T12:53:59Z")

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```auto
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root version="1">
        <VHosts>
                <VHost>
                        <Name>_defaultVHost_</Name>
                        <ConfigDir>${com.wowza.wms.ConfigHome}</ConfigDir>
                        <ConnectionLimit>0</ConnectionLimit>
                </VHost>
        </VHosts>
                <HTTPProvider>
                        <BaseClass>com.wowza.wms.transcoder.httpprovider.HTTPTranscoderThumbnail</BaseClass>
                        <RequestFilters>transcoderthumbnail*</RequestFilters>
                        <AuthenticationMethod>none</AuthenticationMethod>
                </HTTPProvider>
</Root>

```

why does this still ask for a password?

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**Author:** ![Gerd\_Koetje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7bcc69/32.png) [@Gerd\_Koetje](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gerd_Koetje)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/httptranscoderthumbnail-password-protection/46682/2 "2016-04-07T14:38:55Z")

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i got it, was editting the wrong file

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/httptranscoderthumbnail-password-protection/46682/3 "2016-04-08T06:40:28Z")

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Thanks for the update and glad to hear you sorted this out.

Salvadore