I usually make a dedicated user for torrent clients. Works well. This allows me to run multiple instances of transmission in the vm, for example. Manage them through systemd services.
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The problem is sonarr is running as my user and transmission-daemon is root
You should reconsider running as root, if any vulnerabilities were exploited in transmission, You’ve lost everything.
How do i change the user
I usually make a dedicated user for torrent clients. Works well. This allows me to run multiple instances of transmission in the vm, for example. Manage them through systemd services.