ruTorrent global settings (Multi-User)?

[somus1735]

Hey all,

So I've recently installed rTorrent + ruTorrent on my Synology NAS.

All was going well - I had a single user setup and configured my ratio groups (using the ratio plugin) and RSS feeds/filters exactly how I wanted them.

I decided to setup a user/password for ruTorrent, however the moment I did so, I noticed that my ratio groups had returned to their default settings and my RSS feeds / filters were gone.

Ideally, I'd like to set these parameters globally, so that they persist for my current user, and any that I decide to create later. I'd like to have 1 user capable of changing these (global) settings and adding/deleting RSS feeds, and have secondary users subject to these settings, but unable to change them.

Is this possible? If so, how? I'm a total linux newbie, so whatever assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[jith45]

Read this - http://code.google.com/p/rutorrent/wiki/Config about variable $forbidUserSettings.

 

[somus1735]

Excellent! Thanks for pointing that out - I had missed that in my earlier reading.

Ok, so that solves the problem of global settings...

I only have a few simple questions now:
1. How would ruTorrent behave for the following cases:
- Defined $forbidUserSettings as "true" in the global config.php (./rutorrent/conf/config.php), but overridden on a single user basis (i.e. $forbidUserSettings = false in ./ruTorrent/conf/users/<user>/config.php)?
- What is the impact of reversing this scenario?
2. I've noticed when adding a torrent with multiple files, of which I am only interested in certain files (e.g. "Movie.Pack.17.720p.x264"), I add the torrent and select "don't start automatically", giving me an opportunity to set the priority flags for each file before starting the torrent. The torrent never goes to a "complete" state - it stays as "Downloading" even after the components that I selected are downloaded.

Given that ruTorrent (otherwise) mimicks the behaviour of uTorrent webui, is there a way that I can change this behaviour? I expect that while in this state, the torrent is still occupying an available download slot (thus prohibiting other torrents from starting/downloading)?


Thanks,

 

[jith45]

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1. How would ruTorrent behave for the following cases:
- Defined $forbidUserSettings as "true" in the global config.php​

If $forbidUserSettings=true in the global config.php then users config.php doesn't checked at all. All user's settings are stored in the share/settings (instead share/USERNAME/settings).

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2. I've noticed when adding a torrent with multiple files, of which I am only interested in certain files (e.g. "Movie.Pack.17.720p.x264"), I add the torrent and select "don't start automatically", giving me an opportunity to set the priority flags for each file before starting the torrent. The torrent never goes to a "complete" state - it stays as "Downloading" even after the components that I selected are downloaded.​

This is a rtorrent behavior. ruTorrent is a frontend, it can't change behavoir of the client.