In order to edit the settings of Transmission, there are a few things you must do prior to the system or Transmission will not take the settings.

1) Login to your SSH with your SFTP username and password.

2) Run the following command:

touch ~/private/transmission/.prevent-restart

3) List your processes on your seedbox:

ps x

4) Kill the transmission-daemon process

kill -9 PID

5) Edit the Transmission configuration file:

nano ~/.config/transmission/settings.json

6) Once edited, hold CTRL + X, 'Y' to the file changes and ENTER to keep the file name

7) Run the following command again:

touch ~/private/transmission/.prevent-restart

8) Start the daemon again, type the following:

transmission-daemon

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