Linuxserver/transmission - can the webUI be accessed without password?

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Hello,

Running linuxserver/transmission:latest under Docker 5:19.03.13~3-0~debian-buster

Can I somehow configure the container to NOT request any credentials when opening the webUI? I have tried a few things, but to no avail. Here is my Compose file:

version: “2.1”
services:
transmission:
image: linuxserver/transmission
container_name: transmission
environment:
- PUID=1003
- PGID=1002
- TZ=Europe/Warsaw

- USER=username #optional

- PASS=password #optional 

volumes:
  - /srv/dev-disk-by-id-ata-XXX/AppConfigs/transmission:/config
  - /srv/dev-disk-by-id-ata-XXX/Downloads/transmission:/downloads
  - /srv/dev-disk-by-id-ata-XXX/Downloads/transmission/watch:/watch
ports:
  - 9091:9091
  - 51413:51413
  - 51413:51413/udp
restart: unless-stopped
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stop and rm; remove the user and pass sections in your compose, then pull and up again

you defined a user/pass, so it’s making you use it.

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Oh, sorry, I didn’t put my pasted Compose file into code markup.

The USER/PASS entries were commented out with a hash character.
Also, after removing them completely and redeploying stack (via Portainer, if it matters) - the credentials are still requested.

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Generically speaking, i blame portainer for any weird behavior, there is a reason libcompose was deprecated YEARS ago :stuck_out_tongue: We never recommend using it except for viewing.

That said, if you originally deployed with user/pass, you would need to deleted the /config so you get a clean config. though i suppose, more specifically, you can go to /srv/dev-disk-by-id-ata-XXX/AppConfigs/transmission/ and delete settings.json

changing envvars in compose doesnt do much once the config is made without blowing it away. i tend to do something like

docker stop
docker rm
rm -rf /path/to//
then pull and up.

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Thank you, that did the trick (I just had to manually set rpc-host-whitelist in settings.json).

This is my first brush with Docker, so I am not aware of all the subtle interop issues.

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no worries man, glad you’re working :slight_smile:

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