Hello,

I did a search online for a ktorrent man page but I seem to be only finding information about the graphical interface.

Is there a way I can change open ports while the program is running through the terminal?

My situation:

I am using a VPN for my main connection but the VPN normally blocks incoming ports. I can get around this by using a utility from them(it opens a port for me and sends me the port number). For linux, however, I need to do this manually and the port number periodically changes on the VPN side.

Finding the port is no problem. The problem is that the port changes from time to time; so I would like to make a cron script that finds the port and then changes it in ktorrent while its still running. Currently I need to always put the port in manually which is not a good option.

What I want to do:In a cron script that runs every hour.

1. Get my port number from my terminal command.
2. Change the ktorrent port number.

ktorrent is a graphical application designed to work with the KDE desktop. I haven't used it--I tend to use GFTP--but I suspect that it may not be the best candidate for manipulation via a cron job, especially when you are logged out of your desktop. If I'm wrong, I hope someone corrects me; that's how I learn.

This is just a shot in the dark, but it might be easier to work with a command-line application, such as ftp itself.

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Use rtorrent, its a lightwieght full featured bittorrent client driven by the command line. I just started using it myself, not an expert but from what i read so far it is awesome. Gonna read up on the configuration a little more then get deep into tomorrow.

Frankbell: Thank you for your suggestion but the tracker that I use only allows certain bit-torrent clients.

Dman 58: rtorrent is acceptable for my tracker. Ill take a look at it. Thank you.

No problem, happy torrenting!

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Perhaps qdbus can help you here...


There are many more settings for Ktorrent that can be tweaked with qdbus, run it with only the service name and the "/settings" path to see the list:

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That works perfectly.

Drat, you said ktorrent and my mind read ftp. My apologies.