Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

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Just installed Transmisison 1.74 and trying to get the watchfolder options...

Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 09:51

Hi!

Thanks a lot already for the great help! I found a lot of great informaion about hacking my WD MyBooK!!

The situation is as following:

I have a WD MyBook World, the one wih the Bue rings. Enabled SSH etc etc.
I installed an older version of Transmission, and it was working just fine. I could acces the webinterface. But there was no watchfolder for torrents.
So i found this forum!!
i installed the OPTware, did the update and the upgrade. So now there seems to be Transmission version 1.74 installed on the MyBook.

I tried to open the WEB-nterface (http://192.xxx.1.2:9091/transmission/web/ ) but it sais it ws unable to make a connection to the server??

Can you give me a hand here??
Does the new version has another port for the webinterface?
Do i have new Username and password now?

[edit] I installed the Transmission Remote (3.11) as i am a WinXP user, but trough this i cannot acces to it either…

The Remote Server returned an error: (403) forbidden

2nd question. If i get it running again. How do i add the Watchfolder/finished foler/working folder thing?? ;-)

Thanx a lot in advance!!

Heckelman

btw.. i am quiete new in Linux, read a ot already and found out a great deal, but please ;-) think in the answers of writing for a beginner OK!

Thanx!!!!!!

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 10:47 by heckelman Show more

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

TobiMac 08 Sep 2009 11:20

Add your IP adress or subnet in ~/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json.

There is an option called "rpc-whitelist" where the only entry is "127.0.0.1"
For example add 192.168.1.* after a comma to allow access for all devices in the subnet.

EDIT: You can find the watchfolder option in the settings.json, too.

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 11:21 by TobiMac Show more

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 13:46

Hi

thanx a lot! But what is the whole adress for the folder??…. Cannot find that file… ;-(

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 13:51 by heckelman Show more

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

TobiMac 08 Sep 2009 15:25

after starting transmission-daemon for the first time this folder should exist in the home directory of the user (which is represented by ~ in the path I mentioned).

Maybe it is always generated in the home directory of root. So the path would be "/root/.config/transmission-daemon/".

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 15:38

hi

i cannot find that folder…
What do you mean after starting the transmisison-daemon for the first time?
I installed the Transmission by using tho OPT-ware. Should i do something more?

:-)

Thx

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

TobiMac 08 Sep 2009 15:48

Sure. You have to start the transmission-daemon by typing "transmission-daemon" on your command line. If you haven't added "/opt/bin" to PATH yet you have to type "/opt/bin/transmission-daemon".

Try searching the Forum. You can edit some StartUp Scripts to start transmission automatically with your MBWE.

I just tried and the settings.json will be there after you killed the transmission-daemon.

EDIT: ok, i checked again. For watchdir you have to add

"watch-dir": "\/<yourpath>\/",
"watch-dir-enabled": true

at the end of the file.

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 15:53 by TobiMac Show more

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 16:02

HI

so i did # /opt/bin/transmission-daemon

it seemed to work, but didnt get any confirmation or error, after a couple of secs the # was back again

then tried the following:

vi /root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json

but got an emty file…

even if i just look in root (after cd root) and i type dir, there comes nothing…
Maybe i am overseeing a step thats completely logical for you!? …

Thx…

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

TobiMac 08 Sep 2009 16:10

thats the point where you have to kill the daemon again. try "ps | grep transmission to find out the PID and the "kill <PID> where <PID> is the number you found out. After that the settings.json is there.

If you wan't feedback from transmission-daemon try starting it with the option -f. It will not start in the background then.

Again: try searching the Forum. Everything is described there. I found out, too.

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 16:29

Hi TobiMac!

i searched to forum already for a couple of days for this transmission thing… Maybe i am just a newbie ;-)

after i type # ps | grep transmission i get the following message:

Usage: grep [OPTION]… PATTERN [FILE]…
Try ‘grep —help’ for more information.
bash: transmission: command not found

so i dont know wich number i am needing…

Newbie you now ;-)

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 18:06

Maybe i tried to many things now…
Dont find a sollution at the moment

Hope anybody can help. Or should i start all over again?? ;-)

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 18:36

if i start the transmission daemon not in the background i get the fllowing result:

[root@HeckelmansPlace torrents]# transmission-daemon -f
[18:31:51.520] Couldn't bind port 51413 on 0.0.0.0: Address already in use
[18:31:51.565] RPC Server: Adding address to whitelist: 127.0.0.1
[18:31:51.640] RPC Server: Serving RPC and Web requests on port 9091
[18:31:51.669] RPC Server: Whitelist enabled
[18:31:51.709] Transmission 1.74 (8994) started
[18:31:52.687] Port Forwarding (NAT-PMP): initnatpmp succeeded (0)
[18:31:52.689] Port Forwarding (NAT-PMP): sendpublicaddressrequest succeeded (2)
[18:31:54.789] Port Forwarding (UPnP): Found Internet Gateway Device "http://192.168.1.1:5431/uuid:0000e0d8-20a0-00e0-00a0-48c802886048/WANPPPConnection:1"
[18:31:54.792] Port Forwarding (UPnP): Local Address is "192.168.1.2"
[18:31:54.888] Port Forwarding (UPnP): Port forwarding through "http://192.168.1.1:5431/uuid:0000e0d8-20a0-00e0-00a0-48c802886048/WANPPPConnection:1", service "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:WANPPPConnection:1". (local address: 192.168.1.2:51413)
[18:31:54.889] Port Forwarding (UPnP): Port forwarding successful!
[18:31:54.891] Port Forwarding: Forwarded
[18:32:30.311] Saved "/root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json"
[18:32:30.437] Port Forwarding: Stopped
[18:32:30.512] Port Forwarding (UPnP): Stopping port forwarding through "http://192.168.1.1:5431/uuid:0000e0d8-20a0-00e0-00a0-48c802886048/WANPPPConnection:1", service "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:WANPPPConnection:1"
[18:32:30.514] Port Forwarding: Not forwarded
Closing transmission session… done.

[root@HeckelmansPlace torrents]#

if i do the # ps -A | grep transmission
i get :

[root@HeckelmansPlace /]# ps -A | grep transmission
944 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
945 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
947 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1161 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1162 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1163 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1214 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1215 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1216 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1460 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1461 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da
1462 ? 00:00:00 transmission-da

But still i cannot find that settings.json file…

Any help?
PS i followed all the steps as written on : http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/transmission

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 18:59

so at last i found the file…. And i changed ot to the following:

"alt-speed-down": 50,
"alt-speed-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-begin": 540,
"alt-speed-time-day": 127,
"alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
"alt-speed-up": 50,
"bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
"bind-address-ipv6": "::",
"blocklist-enabled": false,
"dht-enabled": true,
"download-dir": "\/root\/Downloads",
"encryption": 0,
"lazy-bitfield-enabled": true,
"message-level": 2,
"open-file-limit": 32,
"peer-limit-global": 240,
"peer-limit-per-torrent": 60,
"peer-port": 51413,
"peer-port-random-high": 65535,
"peer-port-random-low": 49152,
"peer-port-random-on-start": false,
"peer-socket-tos": 0,
"pex-enabled": true,
"port-forwarding-enabled": true,
"preallocation": 1,
"proxy": "",
"proxy-auth-enabled": false,
"proxy-auth-password": "",
"proxy-auth-username": "",
"proxy-enabled": false,
"proxy-port": 80,
"proxy-type": 0,
"ratio-limit": 2.0000,
"ratio-limit-enabled": false,
"rpc-access-control-list": "127.0.0.*,192.168.1.*",
"rpc-authentication-required": false,
"rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
"rpc-enabled": true,
"rpc-password": "{346929b7939eba72eca8e5b7c2c7814533bf95d7vpXCd5Xx",
"rpc-port": 9091,
"rpc-username": "",
"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.*",
"rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,
"speed-limit-down": 100,
"speed-limit-down-enabled": false,
"speed-limit-up": 100,
"speed-limit-up-enabled": false,
"umask": 18,
"upload-slots-per-torrent": 14

but sadly the acces is still denied… Did i make a mistake?? Or do i have to do some more steps??

:-)

PS te IP of the WD is 192.168.1.2

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 19:41 by heckelman Show more

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

anpe008 08 Sep 2009 19:55

http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum/t-165210/how-to-set-up-wd-mbwe-white-light-properly-transmission-1-72-automate-and-manage-torrents
Points 3-5, + FAQ

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 20:32

thanks…
i followed point 3-5 just now

i restarted the disk but stil same error message…. I checked the FAQ and the file and it really sais 192.168.*,*

SO what can i do????

Question 2:

I wanted to install the sendMail option but when u type the command:

wget -O /usr/local/sbin/sendEmail http://wd.mirmana.com/sendEmail

i get the following responce:

wget: /usr/local/sbin/sendEmail: No such file or directory

What am i doing wrong…

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

frater 08 Sep 2009 20:44

The directory /usr/local/sbin does NOT exist on a standard WD.
If you have a whitelight it's best to run prep_whitelight before….

It's quite easy to create the directory /usr/local/sbin but then you still don't have the path to that folder…..

wget -O prep_whitelight http://wd.mirmana.com/prep_whitelight
sh prep_whitelight

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 20:46

i have a bluelight!

can i do it also?? Or do i just make the DIR??

Stiall no acces trough the webiterface OR the transmission remote.. :-((

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 21:02 by heckelman Show more

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

frater 08 Sep 2009 21:33

Just use /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/local/sbin….
The sbin directory was created in the past because the /bin directory became too full….

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 21:42

Thnx… That works!

But still the web interface or the Transmission remote is unable to acces transmission…
403: Forbidden

Unauthorized IP Address.
Either disable the IP address whitelist or add your address to it.
If you're editing settings.json, see the 'rpc-whitelist' and 'rpc-whitelist-enabled' entries.
If you're still using ACLs, use a whitelist instead. See the transmission-daemon manpage for details.

I edited the settings.json but…. no results

also if i want to edit the variables as written in :

Edit you variables in trans_watchdog.config:

nano /opt/etc/trans_watchdog.conf

There are more settings but the following ones are mandatory changes:

SOURCE=/shares/internal/PUBLIC/Torrent/source -> Where you download/put *.torrent files
WORK=/shares/internal/PUBLIC/Torrent/work -> Torrent files added from SOURCE to that folder, Downloading dir
TARGET=/shares/internal/PUBLIC/Torrent/target -> If the torrents are downloaded they will be moved that "TARGET" folder
MAIL_TO=moc.psiruoy|liamruoy#moc.psiruoy|liamruoy -> email address
MAILFROM=-moc.psiruoy|liamruoy#-moc.psiruoy|liamruoy> email address
MAILSERVER=smtp.yourisp.com-> ISP mail server name
SMB_USER=www-data to "SMB_USER=root" (this is correct for whitelight but not for bluering!)

There is no such file….. ???
Of course i can create it and put the scrpt in it, but then it sais that it is correct for the Whitelight version, so what are the good lines for a Blue light version??

:_*

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 21:52 by heckelman Show more

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

frater 09 Sep 2009 05:18

If you edit your settings.json you have to kill transmission first because transmission will only read the contents when you start it.
Restarting settings.json doesn't help either because transmission will overwrite the config when it shuts down.

trans_watchdog is not part of the transmission package but is a user script someone (me) wrote to automate some things in transmission. You need to install it manually according to the tutorial you are using (anpe008 wrote that).
This involves installing a cronjob.

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 09 Sep 2009 07:22

Hi Fraser!

I already saw you are the one who wrote the scipt, thnax for that!! I a sure you helped a lot of people with that!!

For the first thing: I i try to kill transmission by; # killall /opt/etc/init.d/S90transmission i get the following responce:

killall: /opt/etc/init.d/S90transmission: no process killed

Am i doing something wrong??

About the second thing, your script, i think i installed a cronjob by the following commands:

wget -O /usr/local/sbin/trans_watchdog http://wd.mirmana.com/trans_watchdog
ln -s /usr/local/bin/trans_watchdog /etc/cron.min/trans_watchdog
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/trans_watchdog

( put it in the bin folder an not in sbin)
then if i check it with cat /var/log/messages
iget (between a lot of other lines..)

Sep 9 05:11:01 HeckelmansPlace cron.notice crond[720]: USER root pid 2432 cmd /var/www/.config/transmission-daemon/transmission-watch
Comes back a couple of times
IS it done OK like this?

Re: Transmisison 1.74 + Watchfolder etc... ???

heckelman 08 Sep 2009 10:10

EDITTED above

Last edited on 08 Sep 2009 10:48 by heckelman Show more