XMLRPC/ntorrent problem

[jazd]

Compiled and installed packages:
rtorrent 0.8.0
libtorrent 0.12.0
xmlrpc-c 0.11.1

.rtorrent.rc:
scgi_port = localhost:5000

Log messages in rtorrent:
(14:07:25) XMLRPC initialized with 409 functions.
(14:07:25) The SCGI socket is bound to a specific network device yet
may still pose a security risk, consider using 'scgi_local'.

Now for the problem -
Do I need to setup Apache/lighttpd in order to use ntorrent? From what
I have seen I dont think it is necessary, I should just be able to
forward port 5000 to my Windows machine and connect to it using the
local connection method in ntorrent (using 0.5.0 beta).

I have tried using the above method to connect and It doesnt seem to
be working. ntorrent just sits there and says nothing when I press
connect.

I'm thinking maybe the rtorrent XMLRPC somehow isnt working because if
I run this command, nothing happens, the program just sits there and
does nothing:
xmlrpc localhost system.listMethods
I have to press Ctrl-C to exit the xmlrpc program.

Does someone know what the problem is?

[Kim Eik]

Two questions pops to mind.
Are you using windows vista?
is "localhost" bound to 127.0.0.1?

And also, the ssh protocol works just like a local portforwarding, so
you dont have to make your own portforward.

First make sure that you can achieve a connection with "xmlrpc 127.0.0.1
system.listMethods", when this is successfull nTorrent should work
nicely. Alltough, windows vista has it's issues with portforwarding for
some reason.

[jazd]

Heh, thanks for the tip. Found my problem, firewall was blocking the
packets from the local loopback interface. Accidentally removed all my
firewall rules and when I re-added them I forgot to accept packets
from lo ;)
I am using Vista, but the SSH connection method seems to work OK.
Manually forwarding a port using Putty seems to have problems though.

Cheers.

[Kim Eik]

jazd wrote:
> Heh, thanks for the tip. Found my problem, firewall was blocking the
> packets from the local loopback interface. Accidentally removed all my
> firewall rules and when I re-added them I forgot to accept packets
> from lo ;)
>

good.

> I am using Vista, but the SSH connection method seems to work OK.
> Manually forwarding a port using Putty seems to have problems though.
>
>

Oh, interesting. i had the exact oposite results when i tried vista
once. SSH would not establish a connection but through putty worked
great. Dont know what to make of it really.... blame it on the vista :)