Cannot use external drive as watched folder

[Jim]

i'm also having this problem.

i want to move my watched folder from my windows (W7x64) to a linux (ubuntu server 11.04) share thats running in a virtualbox VM on the same machine.

accessing the share is not a problem, i can make folders, delete files etc. but when i enter \\WEBSERVER\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole in the sab folders config i get the

Incorrect parameter
Cannot create dirscan_dir folder \\WEBSERVER\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole

error.

the directory exists and if i point it to a dir that doesn't exist then it still isn't being created.

this is the log

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2011-09-27 14:44:47,986::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: \\webserver\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 14:44:47,996::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory \\webserver\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole

2011-09-27 14:45:40,786::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: \\webserver\web\sabnzbd_blackhole does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 14:45:40,796::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory \\webserver\web\sabnzbd_blackhole

2011-09-27 15:36:51,312::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: W:\.sabnzbd_blackhole does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 15:36:51,313::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory W:\.sabnzbd_blackhole

2011-09-27 15:38:31,861::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: W:\ does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 15:38:31,861::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory W:\

2011-09-27 15:47:56,483::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: W:\ does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 15:47:56,484::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory W:\

2011-09-27 16:07:55,766::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: W:\.sabnzbd_blackhole does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 16:07:55,766::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory W:\.sabnzbd_blackhole

2011-09-27 16:08:14,279::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: W:\ does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 16:08:14,279::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory W:\

2011-09-27 16:10:37,016::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: \\WEBSERVER\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 16:10:37,020::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory \\WEBSERVER\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole

2011-09-27 16:10:53,319::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: \\WEBSERVER\web does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 16:10:53,321::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory \\WEBSERVER\web

2011-09-27 16:12:51,489::INFO::[misc:327] dirscan_dir directory: \\WEBSERVER\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole does not exist, try to create it

2011-09-27 16:12:51,496::ERROR::[misc:329] Cannot create directory \\WEBSERVER\web\.sabnzbd_blackhole

atm i don't want to move sabnzbd to the ubuntu VM and keep it running on windows because my understanding of linux is not quite good
the share isn't on an encrypted home dir

[shypike]

Please don't hijack closed posts that don't describe the same problem.

Can you mount the server share to a drive letter using Windows Explorer?
Where does SABnzbd run?

[Jim]

sorry, i thought it was the same problem.

SAB runs on windows and on that computer i've mapped the linux share to drive W:
windows explorer can access it (create folders and delete files) but SAB can't.

sickbeard, which is running on the same machine as SAB, is able to access (create files and folders) the share as well.

[shypike]

There must be something odd going on with your PC.
For SABnzbd all paths are equal and the concern of the operating system.
Try to mount the share to a drive letter and feed a path based on the drive letter to SABnzbd.
BTW: I'm not certain whether Samba deals properly with names starting with a dot.

[Jim]

i've tried accessing via drive letter and via \\server\share, tried folder names with and without starting dot.
SAB always complains about not being able to create dirscan_dir, while other software on the same pc is able to create anything it wants.

oh well, i'll keep the watched folder on windows for now.