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From: Antoine Martin <antoine@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: bittorrent tracker with access control
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:47:07
Message-Id: 497C18F3.7050407@nagafix.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] bittorrent tracker with access control by Antoine Martin
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4 RTFM!
5
6 "You can prevent other people from using your tracker--as postgresql.org
7 does, by the way--by telling bttrack to track only those torrents of
8 which it has copies in a user-defined directory. For example, if I place
9 a copy of the pg_live torrent file in a directory where bttrack can see
10 it, it will limit the tracker to file sharing for just pg_live. That's
11 the purpose of the --show_names and --allowed_dir switches:
12
13 $ bttrack --port 8099 --show_names 1 --allowed_dir ~/mytorrents \
14 --dfile downloadinfo.txt"
15
16 DOH!
17
18 Also found that mod_bt can be used as a tracker with apache handling the
19 access rights and everything else.
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22 Antoine Martin wrote:
23 > Hi list,
24 >
25 > I am looking for an easy-to-setup bittorrent tracker for a small list of
26 > large files that I manage.
27 > I found some good/comprehensive instructions here:
28 > http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/lpt/a/6153
29 > But unfortunately this means that the tracker can be used by anyone to
30 > track new torrents, and this is not acceptable for my purpose.
31 > Can anyone recommend a bittorrent tracker which restricts adding new
32 > torrents using some kind of authentication or server-side management system?
33 >
34 > Thanks
35 > Antoine
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