[[Category:Apps]][http://transmissionbt.com Transmission ] is a torrent client that is available for Mac OSX, and Linuxon Amahi as a [http://www.amahi.org/apps/transmission one-click] app. It also has a web based interface, as well as a daemon which is available on Amahi.
The directory that torrents are downloaded <!--[[Image:Transmission_screen.png]]-->= Blocklist Rules =Blocklists can be added to is 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://www.example.com/blocklist</nowiki></b> with <b><nowiki>http://varlist.iblocklist.com/hda?list=bt_level1</filesnowiki></b>* Choose '''Update''' You should now see "Blocklist has 0 rules" change. Close the '''Preferences''' by selecting the '''X''' at the top right corner. = 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 Transmission to download. This is done every 5 minutesvia '''/etc/cron.d/amahi-torrent-watch''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron Cron] job. * Change the following portion of the file as desired (*/5 = 5 minutes): */5 * * * * = Automatic download script (Amahi 7) = * To change the logging or saving of torrents, you will 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 Transmission service: service amahi-transmission stop 2. Edit the settings.json. nano /var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json 3. Edit these fields, remembering the username and password <pre>"rpc-authentication-required": true, "rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0", "rpc-enabled": true, "rpc-password": "[Insert wanted password]", "rpc-port": 9091, "rpc-username": "[Username wanted]",</pre> CTRL-X to save. 4. Restart Transmission Service service amahi-transmission restart 5. Next, we need to make sure that the cronjob that automatically loads torrents from the torrents share uses the same user authentification. * (Amahi 6) Edit '''/etc/cron.d/amahi-transmission-watch''' and change the following: */5 * * * * transmission transmission-remote localhost:9091 -a /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent && rm -f /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent :: add "--auth [username]:[password]" so the line becomes: */5 * * * * transmission transmission-remote localhost:9091 --auth [username]:[password] -a /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent && rm -f /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent * (Amahi 7) Edit '''/usr/share/transmission/torrentwatch.sh''' and change the following: /usr/bin/transmission-remote localhost:9091 -a "$file" :: add "--auth [username]:[password]" so the line becomes: /usr/bin/transmission-remote localhost:9091 --auth [username]:[password] -a "$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. = Prevent Transmission Email Reports = Transmission installs a cronjob that checks a preset folder every xx minutes for torrent files. If a torrent-file is present it will automatically start the download for you and delete the torrent file. In some cases you might receive email reports when the folder is empty. You can edit the cronjob to make sure no reports are sent when the cronjob is run. * cronjob can be found at '''/etc/cron.d/amahi-transmission-watch''' * Add '''>/dev/null 2>&1''' to the end all command lines and reports will not be sent in the future. = Transmission with HTTPS Trackers (Ubuntu) = Ubuntu 12.04 64bit currently suffers from [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/+bug/937537 this bug] in libgnutls26 which prevents Transmission communicating with SSL trackers. In order to fix this run the following commands. wget <nowiki>http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnutls26/libgnutls26_2.12.20-1_amd64.deb</nowiki> sudo dpkg -i libgnutls26_2.12.20-1_amd64.deb For a list of available mirrors see [http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/amd64/libgnutls26/download here]
