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Yet another 403: Forbidden

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:47 am
by aitaix
I followed https://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-tr ... untu-1204/to setup Transmission again but yet I still get the 403: Forbidden error message:

I did stop the transmission-daemon service using

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sudo service transmission-daemon stop
Prior to editing the json file.

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{
    "alt-speed-down": 50,
    "alt-speed-enabled": false,
    "alt-speed-time-begin": 540,
    "alt-speed-time-day": 127,
    "alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
    "alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
    "alt-speed-up": 50,
    "bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
    "bind-address-ipv6": "::",
    "blocklist-enabled": false,
    "blocklist-url": "http://www.example.com/blocklist",
    "cache-size-mb": 4,
    "dht-enabled": true,
    "download-dir": "/media/disk2/",
    "download-limit": 100,
    "download-limit-enabled": 0,
    "download-queue-enabled": true,
    "download-queue-size": 5,
    "encryption": 1,
    "idle-seeding-limit": 30,
    "idle-seeding-limit-enabled": false,
    "incomplete-dir": "/home/dan/Downloads",
    "incomplete-dir-enabled": false,
    "lpd-enabled": false,
    "max-peers-global": 200,
    "message-level": 2,
    "peer-congestion-algorithm": "",
    "peer-id-ttl-hours": 6,
    "peer-limit-global": 200,
    "peer-limit-per-torrent": 50,
    "peer-port": 51413,
    "peer-port-random-high": 65535,
    "peer-port-random-low": 49152,
    "peer-port-random-on-start": false,
    "peer-socket-tos": "default",
    "pex-enabled": true,
    "port-forwarding-enabled": false,
    "preallocation": 1,
    "prefetch-enabled": true,
    "queue-stalled-enabled": true,
    "queue-stalled-minutes": 30,
    "ratio-limit": 2,
    "ratio-limit-enabled": false,
    "rename-partial-files": true,
    "rpc-authentication-required": false,
    "rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
    "rpc-enabled": true,
    "rpc-password": "{14bacd21a99d38616e6bfde18054f393f804292eOPNorfv1",
    "rpc-port": 9091,
    "rpc-url": "/transmission/",
    "rpc-username": "transmission",
    "rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,*.*.*.*",
    "rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,
    "scrape-paused-torrents-enabled": true,
    "script-torrent-done-enabled": false,
    "script-torrent-done-filename": "",
    "seed-queue-enabled": false,
    "seed-queue-size": 10,
    "speed-limit-down": 100,
    "speed-limit-down-enabled": false,
    "speed-limit-up": 100,
    "speed-limit-up-enabled": false,
    "start-added-torrents": true,
    "trash-original-torrent-files": false,
    "umask": 2,
    "upload-limit": 100,
    "upload-limit-enabled": 0,
    "upload-slots-per-torrent": 14,
    "utp-enabled": true
}


I've tried running

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pkill -HUP transmission-daemon




Re: Yet another 403: Forbidden

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:30 pm
by appas
It seems you have "rpc-whitelist-enabled": true in your config.

I am also having this problem, but I have "rpc-whitelist-enabled": false in my settings.json. To make matters stranger, everything worked fine until I rebooted the LibreELEC box that is running transmission-daemon. After that, I get the 403 Forbidden when trying to access Transmission through the Web Interface.

I have tried adding my client IP to the rpc-whitelist in settings.json, but to no avail. I also tried uninstalling, then re-installing Transmission.

What can I do to regain access to my Transmission?!

Re: Yet another 403: Forbidden

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:04 pm
by appas
i got webui access by starting transmission-daemon with -a and the whitelist that i already have in settings.json...