Authentication

The daemon looks at the file ​<config folder>/auth for doing authentication.

The format of this file is straightforward, each line contains a username:password:level tuple in plaintext.

There should always be a 'localclient' entry for use by the UIs running locally by your user.

Note: If you do not have an auth file in your config folder, first run the daemon to have it created for you.

Deluge 1.2.0 introduces different levels of authentication:

Level Name	Level Value
None	0
Read Only	1
Normal	5
Admin	10

Note: Currently, authentication levels aren't used for much but will be in the future.

Example of an auth file:

localclient:a7bef72a890:10
andrew:password:10
user3:anotherpass:5

Example of adding a new user under Linux:

echo "username:password:level" >> ~/.config/deluge/auth

From the GtkUI, you will have to add the host with a username and password, if you don't do this, you won't be able to connect to the host or tell if it's online.