Can't get rutorrent to work.

[cafE]

Hi,
I seem to have a problem getting rutorrent to access specific folder. For example, when I load up rutorrent, the log show me that:

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[30.10.2016 02:09:59] rTorrent user must have read/execute access to the tmp directory. ruTorrent will not work. (/home/rtorrent/tmp/)
[30.10.2016 02:09:59] rss: Some functionality will be unavailable. Webserver user can't access external program (curl).
[30.10.2016 02:09:59] rutracker_check: Plugin will not work. Webserver user must have execute access to the rtorrent session directory (/home/rtorrent/.session/).

Which is weird since rtorrent has permission on all folders:

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drwx--x--x. 9 rtorrent rtorrent 4096 Oct 30 02:08 .
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root     root     4096 Oct 30 02:00 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 rtorrent rtorrent   18 May 10 19:21 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--. 1 rtorrent rtorrent  176 May 10 19:21 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--. 1 rtorrent rtorrent  124 May 10 19:21 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root     root     4096 Oct 30 02:00 conf
drwxrwxr-x. 2 rtorrent rtorrent 4096 Oct 30 02:08 downloads
drwxrw----. 3 rtorrent rtorrent 4096 Oct 30 02:01 .pki
-rw-r--r--. 1 rtorrent rtorrent 2571 Oct 30 02:09 .rtorrent.rc
drwxrwxr-x. 2 rtorrent rtorrent 4096 Oct 30 02:11 .session
drwxrwxrwx. 2 rtorrent rtorrent 4096 Oct 30 02:00 tmp
drwxrwxr-x. 2 rtorrent rtorrent 4096 Oct 30 02:08 .watch
drwxr-x--x. 3 rtorrent rtorrent 4096 Oct 30 02:00 web

I even chmod'd 777 all the folders and it still didn't work. I'm pretty sure it's a permission problem but I can't figure it out.
Did you guys ever have that problem?
I'm running Centos 6.8 and I did tried with Centos 7 and Debian and they still have the same problem.

Thanks.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that it was working fine on 0.9.8-15 release.

[mehargags]

in your /home/rtorrent/conf/web/apcahe2.conf under the Virtual Server for your domain include :/home/rtorrent/tmp in the open_basedir include path.

[cafE]

in your /home/rtorrent/conf/web/apcahe2.conf under the Virtual Server for your domain include :/home/rtorrent/tmp in the open_basedir include path.

Ohhh thanks, that was it. /home/rtorrent/tmp was already there, but I put /home/rtorrent instead and it fixed my .session and tmp problem. I also put /usr/bin in there because rutorrent didnt have access to curl. Is this bad for the security of my server?

[mehargags]

usually once installed, you can check again by removing the entries... if the app breaks, you can leave the entry like it is.

YES...access to /usr/bin can be a security problem, but some old apps/code just relies on it badly. I'm not sure how to work around with it and would love to be educated.

[cafE]

I ended up copying the curl library into my home folder and just having my home/rtorrent folder into basedir. I modify the rutorrent config to point my curl library into /home/rtorrent/.bin/curl and it work fine. Thanks for the help ;)