Anyone who can send rtorrent xmlrpc commands does have the ability to execute code with the privileges of the user running rtorrent. So i started looking at unix domain sockets, what they are, how they are used, etc. How to get a list of open files, sockets, and pipes in. Rather than exposing a local, insecure tcp port the rtorrent client creates a socket that can only be listened to by your own user.
I have so far only used it as an interactive bittorrent client inside screentmux or as. All files rtorrent uses or creates are located in the rtorrent directory. Dec 16, 2011 rtorrent is a command line bittorrent client, which has a ncurses interface and is extremely efficient in memory and cpu usage. This can be possible with the help of rtorrent, it is command line bit torrent client available on linux like operating system. So ive just started coding a new rails project a frontend for the awesome rtorrent bittorrent client and already wasted a bit of time getting started due to outdated instructions for setting up xmlrpcscgi on nginx from the rtorrent guide. That is why it is deprecated and a secured unix domain socket is better in all regards. A tcp socket generally is open to all local users on a machine, unless you use network namespaces. Linux also supports an abstract namespace which is independent of the file system. Its important to note that this multiple user support still requires multiple rtorrent clients one for each. What is special about unix domain sockets is that instead of having an ip address and port number, they have a file name as their address. Rtorrent move finished files networking, server, and.
The standard unix file types are regular, directory, symbolic link, fifo special, block special, character special, and socket as defined by posix. Jun 20, 2011 rtorrent xmlrpc over nginx scgi 20 jun 2011 2 minute read. For example, if webserver and rtorrent users are in the same group then the value may be 0770. The problem seems to be between rtorrent and some issue with hardware andor specific torrent files andor specific tracker sites. Here are the steps to install transdroid when you use rtorrent on ubuntu.
To do this with multiple files at once, shiftclick on all the files that you dont want to download, then rightclick on the group and follow the steps above. It is lightweight, highly extensible, and is designed to look similar to utorrent. Generally speaking, most of the other clients connect to rtorrent, not the other way around. Unix socket ports and services when a client process wants to a connect a server, the client must have a way of identifying the server that it wants to connect. Uncomment and modify the options as required optionally set. A unix domain socket or ipc socket interprocess communication socket is a data communications endpoint for exchanging data between processes executing on the same host operating system.
This means that i have been unable to reproduce the issue locally. Contribute to log1xdockerrtorrentflood development by creating an account on github. This an optimized version of the rtorrent configuration file. Commands are sent via either a unix domain socket or a tcp socket using a protocol called scgi, typically used between a web server and a longrunning cgi process. I know how to do this with files that were started in rtorrent to begin with, but if i move a file that i torrented elsewhere or specifically in my case, a torrent i created and wanted to seed, into the download directory, the hash will start when rtorrent starts, but the file will remain in the default download directory and not be moved. Unix domain sockets are files simplicity is a form of art. I am having a little difficulty in trying to connect sickbeard and couchpotato with rtorrent. Using read and write whit sockets i have problem with buffer size of both client and server. Both webserver and rtorrent users must have readwrite access to it. On the other hand, rutorrent needs to interact with rtorrent with another socket possibly a local unix socket, after reading this and they communicate using the xmlrpc protocol, which is enabled by default if rtorrent is installed via the package manager im using debian 9. Different osspecific implementations allow more types than what posix requires e. Have the files you want to seed in the directory where they would end up. For the ideal rtorrenttransdroid setup, we need to compile a fresh new version with support for 64bit integers. The configuration of rtorrent is a file that lives in your home folder called.
If you want to be more secure on principle, use unix domain sockets. Set the rw permissions of the directory the socket will reside in to only allow the necessary processes. A file s type can be identified by the ls l command, which displays the type in the first character of the file system permissions field. Ive installed rtorrent and it launches just fine using my own user account. Unix domain sockets are special files used by different processes to communicate with each other much like tcpip sockets. Only one instance of rtorrent can be used per session directory. Configured properly, uwsgi will create the socket for you, you just need to make sure the permissions are right so nginx can use it. Help me understand how rtorrent, rutorrent, xmlrpc. I have so far only used it as an interactive bittorrent client inside screentmux or as a batch downloader with a watch directory. The sample program used either pipe or socketpair to create a set of file descriptors. The reference chapter lists all relevant xmlrpc and private commands provided by rtorrent with a short explanation. For the ideal rtorrent transdroid setup, we need to compile a fresh new version with support for 64bit integers.
Dec 01, 2015 rtorrent is the most popular torrent client for linux. The api for unix domain sockets is similar to that of an internet socket, but rather than using an underlying network protocol, all communication occurs entirely within the operating system kernel. An empty string will disable the session directory. Exit saving changes then create and edit the plugins configuration file. I will be installing it on this crappy old pink dell mini 10.
A unix domain socket is a bidirectional pipe similar to a tcpip socket. The main screen of rtorrent will show all of your active downloads. Whenever i give it the action rtorrent, it says that it successfully managed to send that torrent to rtorrent. There are typically two ways to connect a client to rtorrent. Install and configure rtorrent and rutorrent on debian linux. Use the search box in the sidebar to find specific commands, or the search page. To use a socket from serverperspective, a programmer first calls socket to create a socket descriptor. Hi i need to transfer a whole file between a client ad a server. Traditionally, unix domain sockets can be either unnamed, or bound to a file system pathname marked as being of type socket. The main thread sent 512mb of data through the fds and then closed the sending side.
Files such as unnamed pipes or sockets are created by a process and can only be accessed in that process or in subsequentlycreated child processes. Use unix domain sockets outlined above, for sane opsec, by way of setting unix permissions on the socket file. It uses rtorrents builtin xmlrpc server to communicate with it. The unix domain socket facility is a standard component of posix operating systems. A server listens for and accepts connections from clients, and then can communicate with the client on the newly accepted connection.
By default the configuration files are symlinked to etcwebappsrutorrentconf. One of them automatically extract files once theyre downloaded e. May 17, 20 both webserver and rtorrent users must have readwrite access to it. It uses rtorrent s builtin xmlrpc server to communicate with it.
As a linux system admin we love to download and upload larger files using bit torrent clients from command line or from terminal. Enable the rtorrent xmlrpc interface on unix socket. Dec 31, 2011 so i started looking at unix domain sockets, what they are, how they are used, etc. You can also make rtorrent listen to a unix socket.
If you want to be more secure on principle, use unix domain sockets instead of tcp ports see below. Is there a convention where to place the files representing the end points to unix domain sockets. This will explain the basic concepts behind rutorrent multiuser support. How can i get symlinks and which files they target without any. Because you use unix sockets, how can i connect with rtorrent. Header files the sas c socket library provides header files to enable you to program with socket functions. It can run on very low level hardware, headless without a screen and you can use the gui rutorrent to manage it remotely. Rtorrent is a command line bittorrent client, which has a ncurses interface and is extremely efficient in memory and cpu usage. Here are some numbers on pipe vs socketpair performance. If you want to use rtorrent with some web interfaces e. A list of the header files, accompanied by a brief description of each one and an explanation of its structures, follows. Unix sockets are different beasts and dont nead mknod or root privileges for that matter. I tend to put them to tmpsomeapplicationspecificsubdirname, but i wonder if there is a more common place the background is, that posix is not clear about the maximum path length to access such files. I have a server application that creates a unix domain socket in a specific path with a name and binds to it i need to delete the socket only when i closestop the application intentionally, from within the the application code.
See the scripting guide on how to combine them into meaningful command sequences, and using xmlrpc for remote control for some general hints on using the xmlrpc api. Mknod mknod p, not c creates a fifo, a unix socket. Download the convenient configuration file, rename it to. If you activate the daemon mode introduced with rtorrent 0.
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