can't find settings.json

[phern]

This is a fantastically daft question, and i'm ashamed to be asking it.

but where is settings.json?

I'm doing a headless install on Debain Lenny.

So i've done

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sudo apt-get install transmission

and i've started and stopped it

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sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon start

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sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop

its not in
~/.config/transmission/daemon
and running find dosn't yield anything either.

What am I missing?

Preemptive edit: Yes, i've already consulted http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles

[Jordan]

This has been asked a handful of times in irc too, so I've updated the http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles wiki page to give the answer.

[phern]

Thanks for the update, though in my case it dosn't seem to help - the config files, aswell as the web directory simply don't seem to exist.

I'm unable to test if this is specific to my system or is a problem with the package, but for now i've:

(Edit: Doing the following turned out to be pretty unhelpful for me)
1) Downloaded the source from http://www.transmissionbt.com/download.php
2) Extracted it ( with something like tar xvjf transmission-1.*.tar.bz2 )
3) Put the /web/ directory in a suitable location (in my case this is ~/public_html/)
4) Done the same with settings.json (Or rather, I will when I find it)
5) Edited /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon to reflect the correct paths (Around line 39 or 40)

[phern]

Well, doing what I posted above didn't get me very far - though it did help me clarify how the daemon functions.

I've now removed the package(s) using apt-get and compiled/installed from source. As far as I can see, its functioning fully - using lynx on the server I can see it.

Still no settings.json!

I set TRANSMISSION_HOME to /tmp/conf just to see what happened, and nothing. Not a single file.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
P

[lightrush]

I am in the same boat.

Debian Lenny on ASUS WL500gP.

I have compiled Transmission 1.73 from source. This worked OK.
Installed a script in /etc/init.d/ . This worked OK too.

I am running the daemon as "transmission" user as suggested and there is no settings.json in /home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/.

# find / -name settings.json , returns nothing.

The folders blocklists resume torrents do exist in /home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/ .

[noyse]

same to me. But i discovered, that if i start the daemon once and kill him, the settings.json will be generate. now it can be edited.