a few basic questions from newbie

[mydublue 0]

Hi, I m a newbie. I m trying to create new user, setup password, setup config, etc. using api. The server version 4.8.8 and I m using PHP.

This is my current default configuration for new users:

'default_user_policy' => [
    'IsAdministrator' => false,
    'IsHidden' => false,
    'IsHiddenRemotely' => true,
    'IsHiddenFromUnusedDevices' => false,
    'IsDisabled' => false,
    'LockedOutDate' => 0,
    'AllowTagOrRating' => false,
    'BlockedTags' => [],
    'IsTagBlockingModeInclusive' => false,
    'IncludeTags' => [],
    'EnableUserPreferenceAccess' => true,
    'AccessSchedules' => [],
    'BlockUnratedItems' => [],
    'EnableRemoteControlOfOtherUsers' => false,
    'EnableSharedDeviceControl' => true,
    'EnableRemoteAccess' => true,
    'EnableLiveTvManagement' => false,
    'EnableLiveTvAccess' => false,
    'EnableMediaPlayback' => true,
    'EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding' => true,
    'EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding' => true,
    'EnablePlaybackRemuxing' => true,
    'EnableContentDeletion' => false,
    'RestrictedFeatures' => [],
    'EnableContentDeletionFromFolders' => [],
    'EnableContentDownloading' => false,
    'EnableSubtitleDownloading' => true,
    'EnableSubtitleManagement' => false,
    'EnableSyncTranscoding' => true,
    'EnableMediaConversion' => false,
    'EnabledChannels' => [],
    'EnableAllChannels' => true,
    'EnabledFolders' => [],
    'EnableAllFolders' => true,
    'InvalidLoginAttemptCount' => 5,
    'EnablePublicSharing' => false,
    'RemoteClientBitrateLimit' => 0,
    'ExcludedSubFolders' => [],
    'SimultaneousStreamLimit' => 2,
    'EnabledDevices' => [],
    'EnableAllDevices' => true,
    'AllowCameraUpload' => false,
    'AllowSharingPersonalItems' => false,
],

So, can someone help with me about following questions please:

Q1: what does "IsHiddenRemotely" mean? cannot see the user if linking through http?

Q2: what is the date format for "LockedOutDate"? Can I use Carbon like this:

'LockedOutDate' => \Illuminate\Support\Carbon::tomorrow()

Q3: what is the rate unit for "RemoteClientBitrateLimit"? Bytes?MB?

Q4: If I disable "EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding", does that mean the user cannot play the video directly in the browser (which normally requires transcoding by server)?

Q5: In api function /Users/{id}/Authenticate, there are two parameters: Pw and Password. Why are there two of them? what's the difference?

Q6: What is Easy Password? To change a user's password, should I use /Users/{id}/Password or /Users/{id}/EasyPassword?

Q7: If authenticating as an administrator (using api token), how can I modify user's password without knowing their current password?

Q8: in api function /Users/{id}/Password, what does the last parameter "ResetPassword" mean? Should I set it to true or false?

Q9: in configuration, what does "EnableLocalPassword" option mean? Should I set it to true or false?

[Luke 42077]

Hi, most of these map to permissions that are on the user setup screen. have you looked at that?

[Luke 42077]

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Q2: what is the date format for "LockedOutDate"? Can I use Carbon like this:

ISO date format.

[Luke 42077]

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Q3: what is the rate unit for "RemoteClientBitrateLimit"? Bytes?MB?

this is in bytes.

[Luke 42077]

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Q5: In api function /Users/{id}/Authenticate, there are two parameters: Pw and Password. Why are there two of them? what's the difference?

Use pw. Password is legacy. EnableLocalPassword, EasyPassword also legacy.