Avoid settings change

[AlbEin]

Hi,

I would like to avoid settings be changed by user who use my Transmission daemon with web interface or GUI.
For example, freeze upload speed limit and directory downloads parameters.
Is it possible ?

(sorry for my English)

[blacke4dawn]

Disabling the ability to change it while it's running, no.
Only thing I know of is to remove write permissions on setting.json, but it only helps in "resetting" settings between restarts.

Where that one is depends on what flavor (GTK, daemon, cli) and OS you use, Here you can see the defaults, but most Linux distros change it for the daemon install.

[AlbEin]

Hi,

Thank you for your answer.
I tried change permissions on settings.json but it doesn't have effect on running daemon.
The only thing I see is to rewrite a new web interface on my own server.

[JJTagy]

If you are strictly using the web interface, I would edit the web files to remove the settings button.

[AlbEin]

HI,

I thought about it but an advanced user could send RPC commands with his own javascripts to hack the settings !?

[JJTagy]

If you have subversive users with that skill level, then you will need to intervene at application level. Remove the functions from RPC.

[blacke4dawn]

After some thought the best I can up with is to set authentication on the RPC and then build a webinterface that uses another database/method for authenticating users of Transmission.

[AlbEin]

Hi,

@JJTagy : Nice idea but i'm not sure i am able to do it.

@ blacke4dawn : It's what i started to do