Re: 1.52 remove authentication
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:48 pm
Some people reporting problems by disabling the password in /etc/transmission-remote/settings.json. I am not very happy by the way debian and ubuntu are installing the startupscript, but I had to make the same change in my unofficial packages to be fully compatible.
Here is the solution:
First shutdown transmission-daemon with:
This is necessary because transmission-remote writes back it's configuration during shutdown.
1. Change /etc/transmission-remote/settings.json:
to:
2. Delete the --auth in /etc/default/transmission-daemon:
from:
to:
Now restart transmission-daemon with:
Sorry for the inconvenience guys!
Here is the solution:
First shutdown transmission-daemon with:
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sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop
1. Change /etc/transmission-remote/settings.json:
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"rpc-authentication-required": 1,
"rpc-enabled": 1,
"rpc-password": "transmission",
"rpc-port": 9091,
"rpc-username": "transmission",
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"rpc-authentication-required": 0,
"rpc-enabled": 1,
"rpc-password": "",
"rpc-port": 9091,
"rpc-username": "",
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from:
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# default options for daemon, see transmission-daemon(1) for mor options
OPTIONS="--auth --config-dir $CONFIG_DIR"
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# default options for daemon, see transmission-daemon(1) for mor options
OPTIONS="--config-dir $CONFIG_DIR"
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sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon start