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Edited user section to remove "sudo permissions" added by poldim. The whole reason for running qbittorrent under a different non-root-access account is for security!

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2016-08-17 10:57:15 +02:00
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Setting-up-qBittorrent-on-Ubuntu-server-as-daemon-with-Web-interface-(15.04-and-newer).md

@@ -16,23 +16,29 @@ qBittorrent-nox is already included in the official Ubuntu repositories. Install
`sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qbittorrent-nox` `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qbittorrent-nox`
**User** **User**
Now let's create the user qbittorrent will run under: Assuming you want qbittorent to run as it's own user (better for security purposes), let's create the user qbittorrent will run under and give it a password when prompted. Just press enter for values you want to leave blank:
`sudo useradd qbtuser -m` 'sudo adduser qbtuser'
'Adding user `qbtuser' ...'
'Adding new group `qbtuser' (1003) ...'
'Adding new user `qbtuser' (1003) with group `qbtuser' ...'
'Creating home directory `/home/qbtuser' ...'
'Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...'
'Enter new UNIX password:'
'Retype new UNIX password:'
'passwd: password updated successfully'
'Changing the user information for qbtuser'
'Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default'
' Full Name []:'
' Room Number []:'
' Work Phone []:'
' Home Phone []:'
' Other []:'
'Is the information correct? [Y/n] y'
(The -m option creates the home directory under /home with the correct name and permissions. This directory will house our configuration files. /home/qbtuser/.config/qBittorrent/ to be precise. You may also want to issue the following command to disable login for the account for security reasons:
'sudo usermod -s /usr/sbin/nologin qbtuser'
Create a password:
`sudo passwd qbtuser`
Enter new UNIX password
Retype new UNIX password
passwd: password updated successfully
Allow sudo permissions:
`sudo usermod -aG sudo,adm qbtuser`
**Init script** **Init script**
First we create a file under /etc/systemd/system/ called qbittorrent.service: First we create a file under /etc/systemd/system/ called qbittorrent.service: