.Dd May 19, 2008 .Dt TRANSMISSION-DAEMON 1 .Sh NAME .Nm transmission-daemon .Nd a bittorrent client .Sh SYNOPSIS .Bk -words .Nm transmission-daemon .Fl h .Nm .Op Fl a Ar (+|-)x.x.x.x[/x],... .Op Fl b .Op Fl b0 .Op Fl d .Op Fl f .Op Fl g Ar directory .Op Fl h .Op Fl p Ar port .Op Fl t .Op Fl t0 .Op Fl u Ar username .Op Fl w Ar password .Ek .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a daemon-based Transmission session that can be controlled via RPC commands from .Xr transmission-remote 1 or .Xr Clutch 1 . .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl a Fl -acl Ar (+|-)x.x.x.x[/x],... Specify access control list (ACL) to control which hosts may submit RPC requests. ACL is a comma separated list of IP subnets, each subnet is prepended by '-' or '+' sign. Plus means allow, minus means deny. If subnet mask is omitted, like "-1.2.3.4", then it means that single IP address. Masks may vary from 0 to 32 inclusive. Default: +127.0.0.1 .It Fl b Fl -blocklist Enable peer blocklists. Transmission understands the bluetack blocklist file format. New blocklists can be added by copying them into the config-dir's "blocklists" subdirectory. .It Fl b0 Fl -blocklist=0 Disble blocklists. .It Fl d Fl -download-dir Where to store downloaded data. .It Fl f Fl -foreground Run in the foreground and print errors to stderr. .It Fl g Fl -config-dir Ar directory Where to look for .torrent and config files on startup. .It Fl h Fl -help Print command-line option descriptions. .It Fl p Fl -port Ar port Port to open and listen for RPC requests on. Default: 9091 .It Fl t Fl -auth Require clients to authenticate themselves. This doesn't do much good unless .Ar username and .Ar password are also set. .It Fl t0 Fl -auth=0 Don't require authentication from clients. .It Fl u Fl -username ar username Used for client authentication. .It Fl w Fl -password ar password Used for client authentication. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width Fl .It Ev TRANSMISSION_HOME Sets the default config-dir. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact .It ~/.config/transmission-daemon The config-dir used when neither .Op Ev TRANSMISSION_HOME nor .Op Fl g is specified. .El .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit .An Charles Kerr , .An Josh Elsasser , .An Eric Petit , and .An Mitchell Livingston . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr transmissioncli 1 , .Xr transmission 1 , .Xr transmission-remote 1 .Pp http://www.transmissionbt.com/