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setup trasmission and samba on antix debian
1. install transmission-daemon and samba
2. mkdir /transmission-share
3. sudo usermod -a -G debian-transmission $(whoami)
4. sudo chgrp debian-transmission /transmission-share
5. sudo chmod 770 /transmission-share
6. sudo vim /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
change download_dir to /transmission-share
change umask from 18 to 2
append rpc-whitelist with 192.168.*.*
reference: https://askubuntu.com/questions/221081/permission-denied-when-downloading-with-transmission-daemon
reference: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-up-transmission-daemon-on-a-raspberry-pi-and-control-it-via-web-interface
7. sudo service transmission-daemon restart
8. sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
add the following to the end of the file:
[samba-share]
comment = my own file share
path = /transmission-share
read only = no
browsable = yes
writeable=yes
9. sudo smbpasswd -a $(whoami)
reference: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Standalone_Server#Testing_the_Share_Access
10. sudo service smbd restart
You are all set to access your transmission for your torrent download at IP:/9091 and discover your samba fileserver
transmission credential
username: transmission
password: transmission
samba credential:
username: [your debian username]
password: [your password set at smbpasswd]
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