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Using rTorrent UI while running as daemon

I have rTorrent running as a daemon on my headless server, but I can't access the UI in any obvious way per the config or instructions online. I'd like to be able to pass in magnet links and manage ...
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My torrents are paused on Rtorrent/Rutorrent, how to fix this?

So I've build a docker script for rtorrent/rutorrent, this one in particular: https://hub.docker.com/r/diameter/rtorrent-rutorrent From the start we had some issues regarding the plugins directory (I ...
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rTorrent/ruTorrent: Bad response from server: (200 [parsererror,getuisettings])

I have one Khadas VIM1 Pro that I use with Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 and a rTorrent/ruTorrent installation I took from this page. I currently have two 8 TB disks that are almost full, and until about two ...
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rtorrent error shared libraries

I believe an apt update changed something and now rtorrent is failing to load. rtorrent: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.1.0.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or ...
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Creating a script for modifying several users crontabs

I run a seed-box like local machine with Ubuntu 14.04LTS setup with multi-user rtorrent/rutorrent. I installed that through a script that also installed crontab entries for each user so rtorrent &...
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rTorrent init script not working

I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu 14.04 box with rTorrent and ruTorrent. I've installed rTorrent and it launches just fine using my own user account. I've created a new user account named rtorrent to ...
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How to open magnet torrent links from Firefox in rTorrent?

I am using the command-line torrent client rTorrent under Xenial Xerus and I would like to: Find and click on a magnet torrent link with Firefox Have the magnet link opened automatically in rTorrent ...
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How can I run a command at start-up on Ubuntu server not as root?

Occasionally (it's pretty rare) my VPS provider has to reboot my VPS in order to fix issues or apply a patch. Is there any way to run commands as my user automatically once the VPS reboots? I've read ...
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Starting an application as a scheduled task does not work

I have a seedbox under an Ubuntu desktop server. I can run rtorrent correctly but if I restart the server I need to relaunch rtorrent with this command: sudo -i screen -fa -d -m rtorrent I would ...
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How to automatically exit rtorrent after completing a download?

My intention is to execute another command after rtorrent shows "done" message. For example I want to run: rtorrent example1.torrent ; wget example2.mp4 But after the file is downloaded it doesn't ...
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init.d script doesn't log to /var/log/boot.log

The script below is working fine at system startup. However, its log messages don't show in /var/log/boot.log, when the system boots. I compared it with other init.d scripts and couldn't reach any ...
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Recent Ubuntu update has killed my rutorrent/rtorrent link

I just installed the latest updates to Ubuntu 14.04. Everything seems to be working properly. rtorrent is working. nginx is running php5-fpm is running and yet when I try to connect to rtorrent ...
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I suspect rtorrent is crashing my server. Which log should I check to find out?

I have a dedicated server, and it crashes every Sunday afternoon. Which tools can help me to analyse the reason for these crashes? In my /var/log directory I have these files: -rw-r--r-- 1 root ...
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Why doesn't rTorrent support all types of torrent file?

When I tried to download a torrent file using rtorrent it showed: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' It happens only for some files, not for all. Why does it happen for some torrent files?
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How to start, stop and restart rtorrent?

I just installed rtorrent on my Ubuntu Server 12.04 machine via apt-get. How do I start | stop | restart the service?
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Remove completed downloads from rutorrent

I just set up rutorrent after being a long time rtorrent user. I want to remove the completed downloads. When I use a .torrent file i just have .rtorrent.rc remove the file and rtorrent removes it ...
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How to install rtorrent on Ubuntu 12.04?

I have newly installed Ubuntu Server 12.04 and I want to use rtorrent. How can I install it?
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screen rtorrent freezes when using screen for other programs

I use screen rtorrent and it always works fine by itself. However if I also open another instance of screen then the rtorrent session freezes! Maybe I am not opening multiple screens correctly? here ...
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