Additional users - Patlol/Handy-Install-Web-Server-ruTorrent- GitHub Wiki

With HiwsT-util.sh it's possible to create additional ruTorrent users.

It's located in /home/<user>/HiwsT.
Run with sudo: sudo HiwsT-util.sh

Features

  • Input a user name.
  • Verifies that the name is not already used.
  • Enter the password.
  • Creation a Linux user with this name and password.
  • Creating a ruTorrent user, its directory and config.
    • Creation download directories.
    • Secures RuTorrent.
  • Changing the rtorrent daemon config so that each user is its process.
  • Secures the sftp connection. Bans ssh connection.

Characteristics of additional users

You must see the first user created with 'HiwsT.sh' as an administrator.
It is the only one to have ssh access, the only one to be able to navigate in all the directories with sftp and the only one to be able to use sudo

Other users have their own download directories and do not have access to others.
They obviously have their own interface ruTorrent, which they can set.
They do not have ssh access.
They have a limited sftp access to their /home

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