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Hello, I've struggled with this problem for about a week now and google searching isn't getting me anywhere.

I've followed this guide as I'm unfamiliar with linux in all it's forms.
http://www.howtogeek.com/142044/how-to- ... rrent-box/

However nothing I do will encourage my pi to create this auth file that I need.
I know I need localclient:randomstring:10, my very first install it worked but I deleted it and put in my details because I didn't realise the localclient:etc:10 was necessary as well :'(
Since then I've purged and deleted deluge, reformatted my SD card twice and reinstalled/reconfigured everything to no avail.

Does anybody know how I can get the auth file to create itself OR what that random string of numbers is based on / sourced from so I can manually create the file myself?

Big thanks to anyone who can help.
I can provide extra details if they might help or I've forgotten something.

If the auth file doesn't exist, Deluge will try to create one. Sounds like a write permission issue?

In any case, the random string is just a random sha1 digest. There may be better security in the future, but for right now it just seems to be a plain text password field.

I can create it myself and I sudo everything so it shouldn't be.

If it's sha1 does that mean I can't work around this issue at all?
I know some people have found the auth file elsewhere (/var/lib/deluge) but that directory doesn't exist for me so it can't be there...

No, it means put whatever you want in that field. It's just the plain text password for the local account. I think the SHA1 is just meant to protect from someone connecting remotely.

I fixed the issue, thanks for the explanation of what the random string was Ratanak.

My auth file was created in /root/.config/deluge/auth, it had my localclient info in it, however this wasn't the same directory as .config/deluge/auth.
For any linux noobs who have the same issue this thread http://forum.havetheknowhow.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=71
specifically The_Matrix's second last post will help locate the stupid auth file.

phenny THANK YOU
I was searching for my auth file has well until I found your post. Thanks for taking the time to tell how you fixed it.

Solution when it's under the root directory:
Copy the file to the right .config/ directory (pi user) Than you can go and edit the file

Additionnal step I had to get the daemon online: and restart the daemon