Suddently Asking For Username and Password

[Robin Hood]

Recently when I try to access transmission through my browser I'm being asked for my username and password.

My root username and password aren't working and I have no idea what else it could be. I have root access to my CentOS 5.5 server, is there any way I can get Transmission to stop asking me for my password (I really need my transmission back)?

Thank you guys in advance for the help! I'm sorry that I'm so useless at stuff like this!
Robin Hood

[gunzip]

1) log into to your server and stop transmission (i.e., make sure it is not running)

2) edit settings.json file:

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"rpc-authentication-required": false,

3) re-start transmission

[Robin Hood]

I edited the file, but it's still asking me for a username and password. Are there any other reasons this might happen?

Note: this started after I installed SABnzbd+ on the server.

[gunzip]

Note: this started after I installed SABnzbd+ on the server.

i did a quick google and SABnzbd does have a web interface for remote access. so you would have to make sure SABnzbd and transmission are not using the same ports. by default transmission listens on port 9091 for remote access.

[Robin Hood]

EDIT: See Next Post

[Robin Hood]

Okay, so last time I rebooted the server, started Transmission with the simple:

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transmission-daemon

command and then started SABnzbd+ and everything was good.

Now, even when I reboot the server and don't do anything and try to go to where Transmission should be:

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http://SERVER_IP:9091/transmission/web/

I get a "The server SERVER_IP:9091 requires a username and password. The server says: Transmission." message.

It seems like I should be able to get it to say nothing about Transmission (since I can't figure out why it would say something about Transmission before I've started Transmission).

I've tried

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killall -HUP transmission-daemon

but I still get the same message when trying to go to the web page.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on?

EDIT:
I can stop Transmission with:

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service transmission-daemon stop

however, as soon as I start it again it asks for that authorization bullshit.

This has nothing to do with SABnzbd+, it's just Transmission. Is there like a "reset" command I can do for Transmission?

[KTL]

Having the same problem after update, I stop the daemon, edit the config-file and removes authorization.
Starting the daemon, and the config-file is overwritten with authorization enabled.

[KTL]

And to what good is that link, can't find anything there about this issue.