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Cannot log in - username/password error

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I have just downloaded SABnzbd (version 0.6.15) and installed it to run under Ubuntu Linux 11.10. I followed all the instructions supplied in the setup wizard but now I can't log in. Every time I enter the username and password a message comes up access denied and asks for the username and password again. Sabnzdb was setup to use NZBMatrix. I tried uninstalling an reinstalling again, but the setup wizard does not appear to run and it just asks me for the username and password again. Is there a way to get the setup wizard to run again? Any thoughts as to how to fix this would be appreciated. ???
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Re: Cannot log in - username/password error

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Stop sabnzbd. Then find sabnzbd.ini (probably ~/.sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini) and delete it. Then start SABnzbd
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I did a search for the sabnzbd.ini file, no luck. Can't find the .sabnzbd directory either. is this a hidden directory/file? Where exactly should I be looking?
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Re: Cannot log in - username/password error

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ruscat wrote:I did a search for the sabnzbd.ini file, no luck. Can't find the .sabnzbd directory either. is this a hidden directory/file? Where exactly should I be looking?
Yes, .sabnzbd is hidden by definition: it starts with a "."

Hopefully this is helpful:

Open a terminal, and then do something like this:

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sander@R540:~$ cd 
sander@R540:~$ cd .sabnzbd/
sander@R540:~/.sabnzbd$ ls sabnzbd.ini
sabnzbd.ini
sander@R540:~/.sabnzbd$
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Re: Cannot log in - username/password error

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I tried as you suggested but No luck.
System responds with:
bash: cd: .sabnzdb/: No such file or directory

Sorry but I'm new to linux also. Any suggestions?
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ruscat wrote:I tried as you suggested but No luck.
System responds with:
bash: cd: .sabnzdb/: No such file or directory

Sorry but I'm new to linux also. Any suggestions?
Open a terminal,

then type:

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cd
pwd
cd .sabnzbd
pwd
... and post the output here.
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Sander. I tried your commands again and it worked. I was able to get to the directory and delete the ini file. The wizard is now running. I'll give the install another try. Sorry for being such a newbie to linux. Thanks again for all your help.
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Up & running. Thanks fo your help
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ruscat wrote:Up & running. Thanks fo your help
You're welcome!
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