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[[Category:Apps]]
[http://transmissionbt.com Transmission] is a torrent client that is available on Amahi as a [http://www.amahi.org/apps/transmission one-click] app. It has a web based interface.
<!--[[Image:Transmission_screen.png]]-->= Blocklist Rules =Blocklists can be added to Transmission via the user interface:* Select '''Edit Preferences''' (looks like a wrench at the bottom left)* Choose '''Peers''' tab* Select '''Enable blocklist''' checkbox* Replace <b><nowiki>http://transmissionbtwww.example.com Transmission] is a torrent client that is available on Amahi among other platforms/blocklist</nowiki></b> with <b><nowiki>http://list. It has a web based interface, as well as a daemoniblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1</nowiki></b>* Choose '''Update'''
= Automatically Download to a Share =
* When you install Transmission from your Amahi dashboard, the '''torrents''' share will be created automatically. * Torrent files added to this share directory are also automatically added to Transmission to download. This is done every 5 minutes via '''/etc/cron.d/amahi-torrent-watch''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron Cron] job. * Change the following portion of the file as desired (Note*/5 = 5 minutes): this */5 * * * * = Automatic download script (Amahi 7) = * To change the logging or saving of torrents, you will be automatic need to modify the script below (located in /usr/share/transmission directory):** Remove '''>> /var/log/torrentwatch.log''' to disable logging.** Change '''mv "$file" "$file".added"''' to '''"rm -f "$file"''' to prevent saving torrents with .added extension.** Change '''/var/hda/files/torrents''' to desired share path to change download location. <pre>#!/bin/bashfor file in /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrentdoif [ "$file" != "/var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent" ]; thenecho [`date`] "$file" added to queue. >> /var/log/torrentwatch.log/usr/bin/transmission-remote localhost:9091 -a "$file"mv "$file" "$file".addedsleep 1fidone</pre> = Add Transmission Web Client Password = '''NOTE:''' Do all tasks as root user 1. Stop the future)Transmission service: service amahi-transmission stop 2. Edit the settings.json. nano /var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json
service amahi-transmission restart
*/5 * * * * transmission transmission-remote localhost:9091 --auth [username]:[password] -a /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent && rm -f /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent
/usr/bin/transmission-remote localhost:9091 -a "$file"
/usr/bin/transmission-remote localhost:9091 --auth [username]:[password] -a "$file" * The username and password are the ones you entered as rpc-username and rpc-password. Now navigate to web address and input information and you're all set! = Change Downloaded Files Permissions = By default, transmission sets the file permissions of downloaded files so that only the transmission user can write to the downloaded files and folders. To change this, modify the settings as follows: 1. Stop the transmission server from the Amahi Control Panel. Be sure to disable the watchdog timer as well. 2. Edit '''/var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json''': vim /var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json 3. Find the line: '''umask: 18''', and change it to '''umask: 2'''. This will enable all users in the transmission group to also write to the file. 4. Restart transmission from the Amahi Control Panel (Settings/Servers/Transmission Server/Restart) for the changes to take effect. Remember to check the watchdog timer as well. = Adding Transmission to users group = This prevents the "Error: permission denied /file_location/file_name" error when starting a torrent. <u>GUI method:</u> 1. Go to System -> Administration -> Users and Groups<br />2. Enter your root password<br />3. Click on Edit -> Preferences<br />4. Make Sure "Hide System users and groups" is unchecked and close the dialog box<br />5. In the list of Users find "transmission" and double click<br />6. In the Groups tab find "users" and make sure it is checked.<br />7. Close all windows. <u>Terminal method:</u> 1. Open Terminal<br />2. Type sudo su -3. Enter your password<br />4. Type usermod -G users transmission5. Close Terminal =Adding User To Transmission Group= You may run into a problem where even after adding transmission to the users group, that you cannot delete or modify files downloaded from Transmission. If this happens, you can add the user(s) you want to modify the downloaded files by running the follow command as root replacing "admin" with the user you want to add: usermod -a -G transmission admin Note: You need to stop the transmission-daemon service: and watchdog before running the above command, and a restart of the server may be necessary, just remember to restart the service and watchdog first.
= Transmission with HTTPS Trackers (Ubuntu) =
