[[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 == Automatically Download Blocklists can be added to Transmission via the user interface:* Select '''Edit Preferences''' (looks like a Share 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://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1</nowiki></b>* Choose '''Update'''
(Note: this will be automatic in the future)
When you install Transmission from your Amahi dashboard, You should now see "Blocklist has 0 rules" change. Close the /var/hda/files/torrents directory will be created'''Preferences''' by selecting the '''X''' at the top right corner.
If you want remote access = Automatically Download to your downloaded torrents, or if you want to drop .torrent files in this folder, to have Transmission automatically download them, you'll need to create a '''torrents''' share. To do this:Share =
* Go to the '''Shares''' tab in setupWhen you install Transmission from your Amahi dashboard, or go directly there: http://hda/setup?tab=shares* Click the '''New Sharetorrents''' button* Create a share named '''torrents'''will be created automatically.
Note: * Torrent files added to this share directory are also automatically added to 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):
= How to update Transmission to version 2.04 = */5 * * * *
If you're using x86_64 version of Fedora 12, execute this as one big line in terminal:= Automatic download script (Amahi 7) =
{{Code|rpm -Uvh http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3022105/Amahi/transmission/transmission-2.04-1.fc12.x86_64.rpm http://dl.dropbox.com/u* To change the logging or saving of torrents, you will need to modify the script below (located in /3022105usr/Amahishare/transmission/transmission-cli-2.04-1.fc12.x86_64.rpm httpdirectory):** Remove '''>> /var/dl.dropbox.com/u/3022105/Amahilog/transmission/transmission-common-2torrentwatch.04-1log''' to disable logging.fc12.x86_64.rpm http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3022105/Amahi/transmission/transmission-daemon-2** Change '''mv "$file" "$file".04added"''' to '''"rm -1.fc12f "$file"''' to prevent saving torrents with .x86_64added extension.rpm http:** Change '''/var/dl.dropbox.comhda/ufiles/3022105/Amahi/transmission/transmission-gtk-2.04-1.fc12.x86_64torrents''' to desired share path to change download location.rpm}}
Now you should have newest Transmission client<pre>#!/bin/bashfor file in /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrentdoif [ "$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>
= How to add a password to Add Transmission Web Client Password =
'''NOTE: ''' Do all tasks as ROOTroot user
1. Stop the Transmission service:
{{Code| service amahi-transmission stop}}
2. Edit the settings.json.
{{Code| nano /var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json}}
3. Edit these fields, remembering the username and password
{{Text|Text=<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 starttransmission 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:
Next, we need to make sure that the cronjob that automatically loads */5 * * * * transmission transmission-remote localhost:9091 --auth [username]:[password] -a /var/hda/files/torrents from the /*.torrent && rm -f /var/hda/files/torrents share uses the same user authentification/*.torrent
5. * (Amahi 7) Edit '''/etcusr/cron.dshare/amahi-transmission-watch/torrentwatch.sh''' and change the following:
6. Edit the following{{Text|* /usr/bin/5 * * * * transmission transmission-remote localhost:9091 -a /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent && rm -f /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent}}"$file"
:: add "--auch auth [username]:[password]" so the line becomes:
{{Text|* /usr/bin/5 * * * * transmission transmission-remote localhost:9091 --auth [username]:[password] -a /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent && rm -f /var/hda/files/torrents/*.torrent}}"$file"
where the * 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!
= Changing the file permissions of downloaded files 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. {{Code|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.
<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
2. Enter your root password=Adding User To Transmission Group=
3You may run into a problem where even after adding transmission to the users group, that you cannot delete or modify files downloaded from Transmission. Click on Edit -> Preferences 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:
4. Make Sure "Hide System users and groups" is unchecked and close the dialog box usermod -a -G transmission admin
5. In Note: You need to stop the transmission-daemon service and watchdog before running the list above command, and a restart of Users find "transmission" the server may be necessary, just remember to restart the service and double clickwatchdog first.
6. In the Groups tab find "users" and make sure it is checked.= Prevent Transmission Email Reports =
7Transmission installs a cronjob that checks a preset folder every xx minutes for torrent files. Close all windowsIf 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'''
<u* Add '''>Terminal method:</udev/null 2>&1''' to the end all command lines and reports will not be sent in the future.
1. Open Terminal= Transmission with HTTPS Trackers (Ubuntu) =
2Ubuntu 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. Type {{Code|su}}
3 wget <nowiki>http://ftp. Enter your root passworduk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnutls26/libgnutls26_2.12.20-1_amd64.deb</nowiki>
4 sudo dpkg -i libgnutls26_2. Type {{Code|usermod 12.20-G users transmission}}1_amd64.deb
5. Close Terminal
= Manually Install Transmission =Coming soon.For a list of available mirrors see [http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/amd64/libgnutls26/download here]
