# The Server localhost:8086 requires a username and password.The Server says

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/the-server-localhost-8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says/40509>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [June 1, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-server-localhost-8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says/40509 "2013-06-01T13:51:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ritesh\_Mehandiratta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Ritesh\_Mehandiratta](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ritesh_Mehandiratta)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-server-localhost-8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says/40509/1 "2013-06-01T13:51:43Z")

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i am trying to stream manager for this i visited a url [http://localhost:8086/streammanager](http://localhost:8086/streammanager) .it is showing a dialog box written with two fields username and password.i am following WowzaMedia Server User guide on Advance configuration.before visiting this url i changed Admin.password file.when i opened it it was blank i added a line myuser mypassword but when i try to login with these credentials .i am not able to login .can any oneplease suggest where i am mistaking ?? i am using google chrome browser.please see this query for images [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16870916/the-server-localhost8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16870916/the-server-localhost8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says)

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Kennedy1)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-server-localhost-8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says/40509/2 "2013-06-01T01:17:44Z")

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Hi,

The only thing I can think of would be you have left the # at the beginning of the line you have added. Any line with a # at the beginning is a comment.

Andrew

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-server-localhost-8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says/40509/3 "2013-06-01T14:07:20Z")

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The file should be named “admin.password” and be in the /conf folder

Richard

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**Author:** ![Ritesh\_Mehandiratta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Ritesh\_Mehandiratta](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ritesh_Mehandiratta)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-server-localhost-8086-requires-a-username-and-password-the-server-says/40509/4 "2013-06-01T14:50:08Z")

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i didn’t use # in Admin.password file as u can see in the stackoverflow query link .andrew\_k please help a little so that i proceed further !! my Admin.password file content is only one line that is

“myuser mypassword”

still facing error please help what should be the content of Admin.password file ??