[REQUEST] Transmission web-interface password protected.

[Erik J]

Another question.

I noticed that without logging in in the Alt-F web-interface, I can go from my bookmark of the Transmission Web Interface directly to the Transmission WI without the need to login. Don't know if this is a missing feature, a bug, a fault in my settings. So if this is a missing feature, I will post a request on the Alt-F homepage.

Some research found me this answer.
https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7039&p=34331&hilit=password+protection#p34331

but i have no protection, i need to activate authentification, how can i do?


There are 2 ways:

    Run the daemon with the -t -u user-name -v user-password; or
    Stop the daemon. Edit the file settings.json changing (or adding):

    Code: Select all
        "rpc-authentication-required": 1,
        "rpc-username": "any-user-name",

 

         "rpc-password": "any-password",

/quote

but I think there is no settings.json file in Alt-F

And here is another link, more or less describing the same

https://superuser.com/questions/113649/how-do-you-set-a-password-for-transmission-daemon-the-bittorrent-client-server


And yes, in a near future, i would love to access my box through https, so I would like to have this transmission web-interface password protected.


Thanks again

e.


 

[João Cardoso]

On Monday, January 26, 2015 at 8:10:11 PM UTC, Erik J wrote:

Another question.

I noticed that without logging in in the Alt-F web-interface, I can go from my bookmark of the Transmission Web Interface directly to the Transmission WI without the need to login.

Yes, that is a bug and I could fix it, but everybody in your network can directly connect to the box:port IP, entirely bypassing Alt-F.

So you might want to setup a password for Transmission.

 

Don't know if this is a missing feature, a bug, a fault in my settings. So if this is a missing feature, I will post a request on the Alt-F homepage.

Some research found me this answer.
https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7039&p=34331&hilit=password+protection#p34331

but i have no protection, i need to activate authentification, how can i do?


There are 2 ways:

    Run the daemon with the -t -u user-name -v user-password; or
    Stop the daemon. Edit the file settings.json changing (or adding):

    Code: Select all
        "rpc-authentication-required": 1,
        "rpc-username": "any-user-name",

 

         "rpc-password": "any-password",

/quote

but I think there is no settings.json file in Alt-F

Yes there is, /var/lib/transmission/settings.json is a link to /etc/transmission/transmission.conf, the file you want to edit. Be sure that you don't break the link.

 

And here is another link, more or less describing the same

https://superuser.com/questions/113649/how-do-you-set-a-password-for-transmission-daemon-the-bittorrent-client-server

'rctransmission <start|stop|status|...> is the way to start/stop the daemon, which is a shortcut to the real script, /etc/init.d/S81transmission

[Erik J]

El miércoles, 28 de enero de 2015, 16:49:56 (UTC+1), João Cardoso escribió:

On Monday, January 26, 2015 at 8:10:11 PM UTC, Erik J wrote:

Another question.

I noticed that without logging in in the Alt-F web-interface, I can go from my bookmark of the Transmission Web Interface directly to the Transmission WI without the need to login.

Yes, that is a bug and I could fix it, but everybody in your network can directly connect to the box:port IP, entirely bypassing Alt-F.

So you might want to setup a password for Transmission.

a bug or a missing feature?
 

 

Don't know if this is a missing feature, a bug, a fault in my settings. So if this is a missing feature, I will post a request on the Alt-F homepage.

Some research found me this answer.
https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7039&p=34331&hilit=password+protection#p34331

but i have no protection, i need to activate authentification, how can i do?


There are 2 ways:

    Run the daemon with the -t -u user-name -v user-password; or
    Stop the daemon. Edit the file settings.json changing (or adding):

    Code: Select all
        "rpc-authentication-required": 1,
        "rpc-username": "any-user-name",

 

         "rpc-password": "any-password",

/quote

but I think there is no settings.json file in Alt-F

Yes there is, /var/lib/transmission/settings.json is a link to /etc/transmission/transmission.conf, the file you want to edit. Be sure that you don't break the link.

ok. yes found that transmission.conf file, but was not sure that was the one to edit. as I only found references to the settings.json file.

 

And here is another link, more or less describing the same

https://superuser.com/questions/113649/how-do-you-set-a-password-for-transmission-daemon-the-bittorrent-client-server

'rctransmission <start|stop|status|...> is the way to start/stop the daemon, which is a shortcut to the real script, /etc/init.d/S81transmission

great, learn a lot with hacking this box and your help.

 

And yes, in a near future, i would love to access my box through https, so I would like to have this transmission web-interface password protected.

So done! Soon I can access it through the my area intern guifi.net network.


 

Thanks again

e.