On 2022-09-12 17:36:45, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote:
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> > On 12 Sep 2022, at 17:08, fraser kendall <lfs.mailing@???> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:43:12 -0400
> > fsmithred via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> >
> >> Please seed. Thanks.
> >
> > Hi to all. I have a headless backup machine (with about 2T spare
> > capacity) that I'd be willing to use as a long-term seeding host, but I
> > have no knowledge about how to do this securely, and it'd have to be
> > managed via ssh. I have a couple of questions.
> >
> > 1) How do I get the client to continue to run after logging off? Is it
> > as simple as a remote command:
> >
> > $ aria2c -V --seed-ratio=0.0 -d /home/devuan/torrent
> > https://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaera.torrent & exit
> >
> > or should I keep the ssh instance open on the local host to monitor
> > what's going on?
> >
> > 2) Should the client be chrooted?
> >
> > 3) Any advice on a secure aria2.conf would be appreciated.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > fraser
>
> I can’t speak to aria2, but transmission has a cli/remote client and daemon you can run on a headless server.

Also the usual method of keeping things running after logout is to use
screen or tmux.

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