Transmission

Aha, that worked tyvm

#!/bin/bash


if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "usage: ${0##*/} <username>"
exit
fi
user="${1}"

sv -v down "/service/transmission-daemon.$user";

base_dir="/var/lib/transmission-daemon"

user_dir="${base_dir}.${user}"

user_conf="${user_dir}/info/settings.json"


read password
new_line=' "rpc-password ...

Yeah, before the daemon is restarted it grabs and echos the settings.json file with the new password nicely where it should be, then it starts the daemon and re-echos the file with the old password back

Hello, I'm using ubuntu and running Transmission 2.42, I have a bash script that stops the transmission service, modifies the password in the settings.json file and the restarts the service, however the settings.json just reverts immediately back to the old password :/
Any ideas as to why and what I ...