The fact that the systemd unit file has command line parameters set and no way to override them should be fixed. The simplest way to fix this is to add to /lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/transmission-daemon Change the ExecStart to ExecStart=/usr/bin/transmission-daemon -f --error-log $OPTIONS And add TRANSMISSION_HOME=$CONFIG_DIR to /etc/default/transmission-daemon -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to transmission in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559739 Title: Systemd service script for daemon doesn't use /etc/default /transmission-daemon Status in transmission package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 15.10 Release: 15.10 transmission-daemon: Installed: 2.84-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.84-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.84-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected: Changing CONFIG_DIR in /etc/default/transmission-daemon, causes the daemon to use that directory for its configuration and runtime folders. What happened instead: Whatever value CONFIG_DIR had, transmission-daemon acted as if it was the default ('/var/lib/transmission-daemon/info'). I was finally able to fix this by adding 'EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/transmission' into the service file and changing the name of CONFIG_DIR to TRANSMISSION_HOME in /etc/default/transmission. I tried adding $OPTIONS to the command line in the service file instead (as the older startup scripts do) but apparently systemd doesn't support substitution in the environment file. This enables specifying the configuration directory, and shouldn't break the older scripts. Btw, having three init scripts is kind of confusing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/1559739/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
