Public bug reported: Restart of systemd unit transmission-daemon causes /etc/transmission- daemon/settings.json to be overwritten. That doesn't make sense and the warning in the sibling file README.md is an unnecessary complication because it can easily be a comment in settings.json itself.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: transmission-daemon 2.92-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 23 06:56:40 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (582 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2) ProcEnviron: TERM=screen.xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: transmission UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-19 (34 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.transmission-daemon.settings.json: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json'] ** Affects: transmission (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1644091 Title: restart of systemd unit transmission-daemon causes /etc/transmission- daemon/settings.json to be overwritten To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/1644091/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs