FAQ

Errors

I get "An error occurred while refreshing: Could not connect to rTorrent XMLRPC" when I try to access rTorrentWeb
This means that you have not set up rTorrent's XMLRPC port correctly, or it is not running. Please verify the following:

1. Your ~/.rtorrent.rc file contains a scgi_port = localhost:5000 or similar line
2. Your web server's configuration file contains the necessary section (scgi.server for Lighttpd)
3. rTorrent is running (if in a screen, run screen -r and verify that it is still running)

If your rTorrent installation uses a different scgi_port setting, you will have to change it in rTorrentWeb's options (the spanner and screwdriver icon on the toolbar).

I get something like "file_put_contents(/usr/local/share/rtorrentweb/application/logs/2009-12-28.log.php) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied" when I try to access rTorrentWeb
This means that permissions are not set on the log directory correctly. Try changing the owner of the log directory to your web user:

chown -R www-data /usr/local/share/rtorrentweb/application/logs/

(change www-data to nobody if using CentOS)

I get something like "There was an SQL error: attempt to write a readonly database" when I try to access rTorrentWeb
This means that permissions are not set correctly on the database directory. Try changing the owner of the database directory to your web user:

chown -R www-data /var/local/rtorrentweb/db/

(change www-data to nobody if using CentOS)