Deluge "user" and "download directory" concepts

Llama · 2011-01-25 23:32:51

Hi,

Deluge "user", as described in /etc/conf.d/deliged: what is it? It doesn't sound like your average UNIX user.

The default download directory /srv/deluge also doesn't look like a download directory at all.

Last edited by Llama (2011-01-25 23:35:58)

Barrucadu · 2011-01-26 00:39:22

Have you tried reading the Deluge documentation?

Llama · 2011-01-26 04:59:16

Barrucadu wrote:

Have you tried reading the Deluge documentation?

Yes, I have. Both official and Archwiki. They assume it to be self evident, unless I've missed an important part.

Barrucadu · 2011-01-26 15:31:24

ArchWIki wrote:

The rest of this guide will assume you use the default "deluge" user. This user's default home dir and therefore its configuration location is in /srv/deluge.

I assume it's a standard UNIX user.

Llama · 2011-01-26 17:45:52

Barrucadu wrote:

ArchWIki wrote:
The rest of this guide will assume you use the default "deluge" user. This user's default home dir and therefore its configuration location is in /srv/deluge.
I assume it's a standard UNIX user.

That's better, just a tiny bit. Unfortunately, I can't figure out what to do with it.

I'd like to install Deluge as a server so as to access it from other boxes on my home LAN, without ssh.

Documentation from reliable sources:

http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/UserGuide/ThinClient
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Deluge

Well, everything is pretty straightforward except for user and authentication things.

Suppose I live on one box as an ordinary Linux user "alfa", password "able", home directory /home/alfa. I'm going to set up Deluge server there, keep downloaded files somewhere inside /home/alfa, not necessarily in a single directory. Nothing wrong with that, I presume.

After install and the first run I've got this:

/etc/conf.d/deluged:

DELUGE_USER="deluge"

It is an ordinary Linux user, then.

/home/alfa/.config/deluge, where all the bits and pieces live, which makes sense.
/srv/deluge, which is called "The default download directory". This doesn't yet make any sense for me.

( 8 ) from the Thin Client doc which I can't figure out:

#8. Add yourself to the authentication file:
echo "yourusername:yourpassword:level" >> ~/.config/deluge/auth
where "yourusername" and "yourpassword" are the username and password you intend to use and "level" is your desired authentication level. For example:
echo "bob:letMEin:10" >> ~/.config/deluge/auth

What is "yourusername"? Is it "alfa" or "deluge" (or whatever /etc/conf.d/deluged contains)?
What is "yourpassword"? Is it "able" or is it something else entirely?

This Gentoo Wiki passage does suggest that "deluge" is a real Linux user, but I still don't get the purpose/concept.

Start with creating user with a home directory for Deluge and start service, as a security measure we set the shell to /bin/false and the group to nogroup:
useradd -m -g nogroup -s /bin/false deluge

I still don't understand whether I must set up Deluge sever in a separate user (where I'd be forced to store downloaded files in), or I just have to replace "deluge" with "alfa", or whatever else.

I hope I made myself clear, more or less.

Barrucadu · 2011-01-26 18:59:13

The idea is so the deluge server doesn't run as root; you can run it as whatever user you want, it's just usual for it to have its own user (eg: apache runs as "http", mysql runs as "mysql", BIND9 runs as "named")

edit: I would assume the username / password / access level in the config file are completely separate to UNIX users, and are some form of authentication performed by the Deluge server.

Last edited by Barrucadu (2011-01-26 19:00:23)

Llama · 2011-01-27 01:07:28

Barrucadu wrote:

The idea is so the deluge server doesn't run as root; you can run it as whatever user you want, it's just usual for it to have its own user (eg: apache runs as "http", mysql runs as "mysql", BIND9 runs as "named")

I'm not going to run a dedicated server, neither am I going to run as root. So I suppose "alfa" is good enough. Do I have to edit /etc/conf.d/deluged?

DELUGE_USER="alfa"

Or can I simply disregard this config?

Barrucadu wrote:

I would assume the username / password / access level in the config file are completely separate to UNIX users, and are some form of authentication performed by the Deluge server.

Thanks! It makes things much clearer.

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#1 2011-01-25 23:32:51

Deluge "user" and "download directory" concepts

#2 2011-01-26 00:39:22

Re: Deluge "user" and "download directory" concepts

#3 2011-01-26 04:59:16

Re: Deluge "user" and "download directory" concepts

#4 2011-01-26 15:31:24

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#6 2011-01-26 18:59:13

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