Help: Cannot create directory

[bobido]

Hi there,

I'm trying to set up sabnzbd on Debian. So far everything seems to work except for one thing: I'am trying to separate the download folder (in the users home folder) from the nzbwatch folder. However when I fill in the absolute path I get the following error message:

2012-01-11 23:37:05,664 ERROR: Cannot create directory /home/samba/NZBWatch

With the same user used for installing and running sabnzbd I can create a folder (right groups etc), however sabnzbd itself cannot.

Thanks in advance!

[sander]

Under which account is SABnzbd running? Check with "ps -ef | grep -i sabnzbd".

As that user, can you really create that directory? Try from the command line and post the output here.

[bobido]

Incorrect parameter
Cannot create dirscan_dir folder /home/samba-upload/NZBWatch

Here you are:

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robbert@cdv:~$ ps -ef | grep -i sabnzbd
robbert  24012     1  0 Jan11 ?        00:00:18 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/sabnzbd                                                                                                    plus --daemon
robbert  24903 24886  0 09:35 pts/0    00:00:00 grep -i sabnzbd

robbert@cdv:~$ groups robbert
robbert theflo

robbert@cdv:~$ ls -l /home/samba-upload/
total 21768
-rwxr-xr-x  1 theflo theflo        0 2011-12-07 21:29 00000.MTS
-rw-r--r--  1 theflo theflo  1988872 2011-09-15 11:23 Connecting to the dc++ MAC.pdf
-rwxr--r--  1 theflo theflo   352738 2011-09-14 17:50 Connecting to the dc++.pdf
drwxr-xr-x  2 theflo theflo     4096 2012-01-10 17:57 Downloads

robbert@cdv:~$ mkdir /home/samba-upload/test

robbert@cdv:~$ ls -l /home/samba-upload/
total 21772
-rwxr-xr-x  1 theflo  theflo         0 2011-12-07 21:29 00000.MTS
-rw-r--r--  1 theflo  theflo   1988872 2011-09-15 11:23 Connecting to the dc++ MAC.pdf
-rwxr--r--  1 theflo  theflo    352738 2011-09-14 17:50 Connecting to the dc++.pdf
drwxr-xr-x  2 theflo  theflo      4096 2012-01-10 17:57 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x  2 robbert robbert     4096 2012-01-12 09:36 test

robbert@cdv:~$ rmdir /home/samba-upload/test

robbert@cdv:~$ ls -l /home/samba-upload/
total 21768
-rwxr-xr-x  1 theflo theflo        0 2011-12-07 21:29 00000.MTS
-rw-r--r--  1 theflo theflo  1988872 2011-09-15 11:23 Connecting to the dc++ MAC.pdf
-rwxr--r--  1 theflo theflo   352738 2011-09-14 17:50 Connecting to the dc++.pdf
drwxr-xr-x  2 theflo theflo     4096 2012-01-10 17:57 Downloads
robbert@cdv:~$

[sander]

SAB says "Cannot create directory /home/samba/NZBWatch", and your are showing stuff in "/home/samba-upload/" ... so ... which directory do you mean?

[bobido]

that is my bad, it is: /home/samba-upload/

see:

Incorrect parameter
Cannot create dirscan_dir folder /home/samba-upload/NZBWatch

[sander]

Aha. What if you create /home/samba-upload/NZBWatch by hand, and then run SABnzbd ... does that work?

[bobido]

Thanks, everything seems to work now =). Permissions on the folder were set the wrong way.

[wahnamhong]

Hi, I have the same problem here, only this time it's on a Mac. And, annoyingly, it works on and off, so two days ago everything went fine, and now it's creating this directory on my own harddrive instead of the mediaplayer's drive.

I am trying to direct both the incomplete and complete folders to my mediaplayer through: /Volumes/share/Nieuw

Anyone any tips?