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numlock
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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: [HOWTO] Running azureus as p2p user, just like mldonkey |
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IMHO it's always a good thing to isolate p2p network traffic from "regular" user network traffic, because it allows to use iptables rules to filter/shape/block it by UID very easily !
Yes, mldonkey runs as p2p user, but unfortunately, the Azureus bittorrent client doesn't.
Here's how to do it:
(Edit) see below for best, updated method
It works great for me, and (IMHO) it's well worth doing !!
Please tell your opinions about this...
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mark_alec
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yoshi314
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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actually you can use azureus entirely without X. you need to install the swing-ui plugin for it, and then start azureus via
| Code: | | java -jar /path/to/Azureus2.jar --ui=console |
you will need to install and copy a couple of java libraries into the directory where Azureus2.jar is. the errors will hint you (that's the way i figured it out) . (it was mentioned somewhere on the forums).
so i guess it's possible to combine it with your method and have azureus as a regular daemon which you can connect to via web interface ( http://localhost:6883 )
ps. i'm not sure whether azureus-bin works with it, i just tried azureus package.
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numlock
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Mmh.. sounds nice, I will try that swing-ui plugin - thanks !
In the meantime, some improvements:
(Edit) removed -- see updated method below
No manual sudo needed anymore 
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yoshi314
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okay, this plugin is called "swing web interface". there are also different plugins, like telnet access, or html web ui for azureus. i didn't try them yet.
the drawback is that the swingweb needs a browser with java, because it launches an applet.
maybe the php interface, or telnet one would be more convenient here, so that the user would not need to run X just to add some downloads. [well, you can always configure azureus to watch a specific directory for torrents to do that]
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numlock
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Here's a new version !
The "xhost LOCAL:" is not needed anymore, because we now use proper X11 authentication
Now only the p2p user (ie: Azureus) can interact with your X11 session. Other local users cannot, and that's much better.
Here it goes: (steps 1-3 must be done as root)
1 - Create a file named "/home/p2p/run-azureus" with the following contents:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
xauth extract - $DISPLAY | sudo -H -u p2p "$0" $DISPLAY
else
xauth merge - && ( DISPLAY=$1 nice -n15 /usr/bin/azureus & )
fi |
The "nice -n15" will start Azureus at lowest priority. Remove it if you don't want it.
2. Protect that script by doing:
| Code: | chown p2p:users /home/p2p/run-azureus
chmod 550 /home/p2p/run-azureus |
3. Do "emerge sudo" then add this line to /etc/sudoers:
| Code: | | my_user_name ALL=(p2p) NOPASSWD: /home/p2p/run-azureus |
This allows your user to start azureus as the p2p user (ie: just as if you were the p2p user).
Of course, replace my_user_name with your regular user name.
4. Simply launch Azureus as regular user, by using the command (in Konsole or KDE shortcut):
| Code: | | /home/p2p/run-azureus |
Ain't it great ?  |
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