How can I start transmission-daemon service before login?

Question

I want to run transmission-daemon as a service so that any user can log in and access the same instance of Transmission (via the browser or Transmission remote GUI).

Is this possible, and how can I do it?

Solution

You just install the transmission-daemon package and it'll be started automatically during boot via the init script it installs. The instance that is started via the init script will be run as the user debian-transmission, and it reads /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json as the configuration file.

See https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/EditConfigFiles on how to edit settings.json. Remember to run pkill -HUP transmission-d after editing settings.json, otherwise your changes will be overwritten next time transmission-daemon is stopped.

Comments

[lofidevops]

seems like marzocca.net/linux/bum.html might be part of the answer

[lofidevops]

could be the answer wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=12436

[lofidevops]

password issue superuser.com/questions/113649/…

[lofidevops]

additional notes trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/UnixServer/Debian