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  11. <div class="title document" id="utorrent-server-changes">
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  12. <h1 class="title">uTorrent Server - Changes</h1>
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  15. <p class="topic-title first">Table of Contents</p>
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  16. <ul class="simple">
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  17. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#changes" id="id11">Changes</a><ul>
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  18. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#current-revision" id="id12">Current Revision</a></li>
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  19. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-30235" id="id13">20131105 - Revision 30235</a></li>
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  20. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-25053" id="id14">20110320 - Revision 25053</a></li>
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  21. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-24733" id="id15">20110228 - Revision 24733</a></li>
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  22. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-24118" id="id16">20110118 - Revision 24118</a></li>
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  23. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-23418" id="id17">20101206 - Revision 23418</a></li>
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  24. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-23090" id="id18">20101111 - Revision 23090</a></li>
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  25. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-22789" id="id19">20101027 - Revision 22789</a></li>
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  26. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-22708" id="id20">20101022 - Revision 22708</a></li>
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  27. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-21886" id="id21">20100913 - Revision 21886</a></li>
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  28. <li><a class="reference internal" href="#revision-21701" id="id22">20100902 - Revision 21701</a></li>
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  33. <div class="section" id="changes">
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  34. <h1>Changes</h1>
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  35. <p>Here are changes and known issues made to µTorrent Server.
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  36. Changes are in most-recent-first order.</p>
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  37. <p>Changes made that apply to multiple µTorrent products are summarized in the
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  38. file <tt class="docutils literal">Changes.txt</tt>.</p>
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  39. <div class="section" id="current-revision">
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  40. <h2>Current Revision</h2>
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  41. <div class="section" id="id1">
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  42. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  43. <blockquote>
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  44. <ul class="simple">
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  45. <li>Fixed behavior of <tt class="docutils literal">finish_cmd</tt> and <tt class="docutils literal">state_cmd</tt> on POSIX platforms -
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  46. arg[0] wasn't filled in with the command to run, resulting in various
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  47. failures depending on platform</li>
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  48. <li>Fixed handling of <tt class="docutils literal">dir_</tt> configuration file parameters so that their
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  49. values would be retained upon restarting</li>
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  50. <li>Accepted the empty string (<tt class="docutils literal">&quot;&quot;</tt>) as a value for directory settings
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  51. (another way to disable the associated directory setting)</li>
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  52. <li>Fixed handling of <tt class="docutils literal">true</tt> as a value for a boolean setting</li>
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  53. </ul>
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  54. </blockquote>
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  55. </div>
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  56. <div class="section" id="known-issues">
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  57. <h3>Known Issues</h3>
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  58. <blockquote>
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  59. <ul class="simple">
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  60. <li>Removing an actively-downloading torrent can result in some data files
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  61. being recreated moments after being deleted</li>
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  62. <li>Guest mode support is broken in the web UI and/or the server</li>
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  63. <li>BEP22 isn't supported on POSIX platforms</li>
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  64. <li>There's no table of contents in the PDF form of the user manual</li>
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  65. <li>Checking for and reporting that product updates are available isn't
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  66. supported yet</li>
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  67. <li>The web UI doesn't show an indication when a setting change fails to apply
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  68. because the proposed value was invalid</li>
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  69. <li>The web UI doesn't show an indicator if the port is blocked by a firewall</li>
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  70. <li>The web UI doesn't provide control of RSS actions supported by the server</li>
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  71. <li>The web UI doesn't show status and error messages generated by the server</li>
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  72. </ul>
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  73. </blockquote>
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  76. <div class="section" id="revision-30235">
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  77. <h2>20131105 - Revision 30235</h2>
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  78. <div class="section" id="id2">
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  79. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  80. <blockquote>
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  81. <ul class="simple">
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  82. <li>Added configuration file setting <tt class="docutils literal">low_cpu</tt></li>
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  83. <li>Fixed bug that would accept invalid characters for hexadecimal
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  84. representations of integer type values in configuration file</li>
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  85. <li>Fixed timestamps in log files to reflect local time</li>
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  86. <li>Added configuration file setting <tt class="docutils literal">localhost_authentication</tt> to
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  87. allow administrators to override the default system behavior by disabling
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  88. authentication for requests originating on the local host</li>
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  89. <li>Changed data file list presentation in web UI for current torrent so that
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  90. percent done for each data file updates during downloads</li>
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  91. <li>Made alignment of advanced options in preferences dialog consistent among
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  92. browsers</li>
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  93. <li>Server version information now displays in about box when running IE</li>
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  94. <li>Fixed bug where directory tab fields appeared at bottom of preferences
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  95. dialog when re-opened</li>
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  96. <li>Fixed bug where OK/Apply/Cancel buttons weren't visible in preferences
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  97. dialog when using Internet Explorer</li>
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  98. <li>Added configuration file settings <tt class="docutils literal">uconnect_enable</tt>,
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  99. <tt class="docutils literal">uconnect_password</tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal">uconnect_username</tt> for participating in
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  100. µTorrent Remote</li>
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  101. <li>Added validation of proposed values of <tt class="docutils literal">webui.restrict</tt> setting</li>
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  102. </ul>
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  106. <div class="section" id="revision-25053">
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  107. <h2>20110320 - Revision 25053</h2>
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  108. <div class="section" id="id3">
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  109. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  110. <blockquote>
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  112. <li>Eliminated race condition causing crashes when adding torrents</li>
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  113. <li>Resolved problems associated with moving completed data files</li>
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  118. <div class="section" id="revision-24733">
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  119. <h2>20110228 - Revision 24733</h2>
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  120. <div class="section" id="id4">
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  121. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  122. <blockquote>
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  123. <ul class="simple">
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  124. <li>Incorporated bug fixes from generic code</li>
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  125. <li>The <tt class="docutils literal">usage</tt> argument now also reports product version information</li>
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  126. <li>Added <tt class="docutils literal">Changes.txt</tt> to the archive distributed for this product, so that
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  127. users would have a list of changes made to parts of code shared with other
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  128. products</li>
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  129. <li>Stopped requiring that <tt class="docutils literal">/etc/fstab</tt> not be empty, so that program will run on
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  130. certain VMs</li>
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  133. </div>
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  135. <div class="section" id="revision-24118">
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  136. <h2>20110118 - Revision 24118</h2>
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  137. <div class="section" id="id5">
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  138. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  139. <blockquote>
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  141. <li>Incorporated bug fixes from generic code</li>
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  142. <li>Added SSL support, requiring load-time resolution of libssl and libcrypto</li>
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  148. <h2>20101206 - Revision 23418</h2>
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  149. <div class="section" id="id6">
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  150. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  151. <blockquote>
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  153. <li>Fixed bug in web UI causing failure to run on Internet Explorer</li>
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  158. <div class="section" id="revision-23090">
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  159. <h2>20101111 - Revision 23090</h2>
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  160. <div class="section" id="id7">
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  161. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  162. <blockquote>
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  164. <li>Enhanced speculative fix for crash on POSIX platforms occurring when any
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  165. configurable directories (e.g., active, completed, temporary, autoload,
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  166. request) contain other than 7-bit characters, which should improve the
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  167. experience of users using Cyrillic characters (the behavior in that case
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  168. worsened after the previous release because the previous fix was
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  169. incomplete)</li>
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  170. <li>Fixed crash when choosing to use an active directory without supplying a
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  171. path to that directory (seen when users attempt to specify a nonexistent
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  172. directory (possibly by misspelling the desired existing directory) for the
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  173. active directory via the web UI)</li>
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  178. <div class="section" id="revision-22789">
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  179. <h2>20101027 - Revision 22789</h2>
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  180. <div class="section" id="id8">
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  181. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  182. <blockquote>
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  183. <ul class="simple">
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  184. <li>Added fields to the About box in the web UI to present the external IP
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  185. address and UDP/TCP ports assigned by a UPnP router to the server</li>
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  186. <li>Added speculative fix for crash on POSIX platforms occurring when any
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  187. configurable directories (e.g., active, completed, temporary, autoload,
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  188. request) contain Unicode characters</li>
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  189. <li>Fixed documentation by changing <tt class="docutils literal">feed_id</tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">feed-id</span></tt> in two places</li>
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  194. <div class="section" id="revision-22708">
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  195. <h2>20101022 - Revision 22708</h2>
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  196. <div class="section" id="id9">
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  197. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  198. <blockquote>
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  200. <li>Added <tt class="docutils literal">daemon</tt> argument which directs the server to run in its own
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  201. process group</li>
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  202. <li>Added <tt class="docutils literal">usage</tt> argument which directs the server to display the set of
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  203. valid command-line arguments before exiting - server also prints error and
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  204. usage messages before exiting if it detects at least one unrecognized
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  205. command-line argument</li>
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  206. <li>Added settings <tt class="docutils literal">finish_cmd</tt> and <tt class="docutils literal">state_cmd</tt> to provide a way to invoke
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  207. asynchronous processes for torrent lifecycle events</li>
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  208. <li>The add torrent dialog in the web UI now allows the user to choose which
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  209. download directory to use for the torrent being added</li>
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  210. <li>Correct JSON output is now generated for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list-dirs</span></tt> action request</li>
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  211. <li>The name of the directory created by extracting the product archive now
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  212. includes <tt class="docutils literal">utorrent</tt> instead of <tt class="docutils literal">bittorrent</tt></li>
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  213. <li>Removed <tt class="docutils literal">ul_slots_per_torrent</tt> setting since it no longer has a function</li>
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  214. <li>Added <tt class="docutils literal">ut_webui_dir</tt> setting in the configuration file, which specifies
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  215. the directory containing the <tt class="docutils literal">webui.zip</tt> archive or the unarchived files
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  217. <li>Added <tt class="docutils literal">pidfile</tt> argument which permits the specification of a file to be
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  218. created by the <tt class="docutils literal">utserver</tt> process which will contain the ID of the
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  219. <tt class="docutils literal">utserver</tt> process</li>
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  220. <li>Added <tt class="docutils literal">logmask</tt> setting in the configuration file which permits logging
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  221. to be configured (and subsequently modified as part of handling a hangup
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  222. signal), and removed support for <tt class="docutils literal">LOGMASK</tt> environment variable</li>
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  223. <li>The server rereads the configuration file upon receipt of a hangup signal
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  224. or when creating or moving a file named <tt class="docutils literal">rcf.utmr</tt> in the <tt class="docutils literal">dir_request</tt>
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  225. directory - see the cautions in the user manual about sending a hangup
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  226. signal when attempting to change the value of <tt class="docutils literal">dir_request</tt></li>
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  227. <li>Added settings <tt class="docutils literal">admin_name</tt> and <tt class="docutils literal">admin_password</tt> to allow
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  228. administrators to define initial non-default credentials for
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  229. authenticating to the server via the HTTP interface</li>
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  230. <li>Fixed documentation by changing <tt class="docutils literal">filter_id</tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filter-id</span></tt> in one place</li>
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  231. </ul>
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  232. </blockquote>
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  234. </div>
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  235. <div class="section" id="revision-21886">
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  236. <h2>20100913 - Revision 21886</h2>
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  237. <div class="section" id="id10">
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  238. <h3>Changes</h3>
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  239. <blockquote>
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  240. <ul class="simple">
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  241. <li>Ensure alternative listening port setting persists when changed via web UI</li>
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  242. <li>Include changes list in <tt class="docutils literal">docs</tt> directory of product archive</li>
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  243. <li>Add mention of <tt class="docutils literal">configfile</tt> and <tt class="docutils literal">settingspath</tt> command-line arguments,
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  244. rearrange content of <tt class="docutils literal">Getting Started</tt> section of user manual</li>
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  245. <li>Support <tt class="docutils literal">configfile</tt> argument to specify configuration file location</li>
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  246. <li>Disable BEP22 DNS support on POSIX platforms</li>
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  247. <li>Include plain text version of the user manual in <tt class="docutils literal">docs</tt> directory of
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  248. product archive</li>
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  249. <li>Include a EULA file in the <tt class="docutils literal">docs</tt> directory of the archive</li>
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  250. <li>Change default log file for <tt class="docutils literal">logfile</tt> argument to <tt class="docutils literal">utserver.log</tt></li>
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  251. <li>Fix documentation error saying to use forward slash (<tt class="docutils literal">/</tt>) to precede a
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  258. <h2>20100902 - Revision 21701</h2>
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  259. <p>First release.</p>
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