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FreeNAS’ Bittorrent Client enabled to use a Blocklist and Schedules ___ * Enabling Transmission (bittorrent client) * Navigate Chrome to FreeNAS URL and login * Navigate to Services -> Bittorrent * Check the Enable box * Go over each options and explain their meaning and recommended settings Add system variables to enable Transmission's blocklist * Navigate to System -> Advanced -> rc.conf tab * transmission_blocklist=YES, and transmission_noblocklist=NO Create Blocklist Updating Script * Navigate to: http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/freenas/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=519&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=20#p5515 * Copy and save the script locally * Transfer the script over to a directory * NOTE: account has to be in staff group to edit Navigate to Advanced -> CommandChange permissions on the script to be executable * chmod 774 /path/to/update_script.sh Change owner and group to transmission:staff * chown transmission:staff /path/to/update_script.sh * NOTE: Write down the full path to the script, the cron tab doesn’t have a file browser Add cron job for script * Navigate to System -> Advanced -> Cron tab * Add a job for the blacklist script (you can set whatever time/day you wish) Add cron jobs to set bandwidth limits * Naviate to System -> Advanced -> Cron tab * The command for unlimited upload/download is: “/usr/local/bin/transmission-remote --no-uplimit --no-downlimit --auth admin:xxxxxxxx * The command for limited upload is: /usr/local/bin/transmission-remote --uplimit 2 --downlimit 95 --auth admin:xxxxxxxx * NOTE: switches require double dashes “--” * NOTE: Transmission uses KiloBYTES for up and down limits. Adjust your numbers accordingly. * i.e. I usually have a 10Kbps limit, that would roughly be 2 KBps. Change owners on Transmission directories * Navigate to Advanced -> Command * Execute the following: * chown -R transmission $(xml sel -T -t -v "/freenas/bittorrent/downloaddir" /conf/config.xml) * chown -R transmission $(xml sel -T -t -v "/freenas/bittorrent/configdir" /conf/config.xml) Change Group Permissions on Download Directory * Navigate to Advanced -> File Manager * Log in with your designated admin account for the WebUI * Navigate to where your download directory is located * In the Perm’s column for the directory row, click the permission mask (drwxr-xr-x) * Check the Write box for Group SHOW NOTES: Followed this quide, though I used a different update script due to recommendations in the forum post - http://ejesconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/bittorrents-in-freenas/ Update owner for dirs: http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/freenas/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=853 ___ Blocklist Update Script !/bin/sh # 2009-02-20 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin; export PATH; URL=http://download.m0k.org/transmission/files/level1.gz DIR=`xml sel -T -t -v "/freenas/bittorrent/configdir" /conf/config.xml` cd ${DIR}blocklists/ # Get local file size LocalSize=`stat -qf %z ${URL##*/}` # Get remote file size or exit RemoteSize=`fetch -apsw 5  ${URL} || exit 1;` # If local file size not equal to remote file size update blocklist if [ ${LocalSize:-0} -ne ${RemoteSize} ]; then        fetch -apw 5 $URL &&        gzip -dfkq ${URL##*/} &&        echo "Blocklists updated on: $(date)" >> ${DIR}transmission_blocklists.log &&        /etc/rc.d/transmission restart else        echo "No update available now: `date`" fi exit 0