SABnzbd Forums

Let me start out by apologizing. I know just enough about Ubuntu to be a danger to myself. I'm using Ubuntu 13.10, I'm having trouble starting Sabnzbd there are issues with port access. I get this message. "sabnzbdplus 0.7.16




SABnzbd needs a free tcp/ip port for its internal web server.
Port 563 on localhost was tried , but the account used for SABnzbd has no permission to use it.
On OSX and Linux systems, normal users must use ports above 1023.

Please restart SABnzbd with a different port number.

Open a Terminal window and type the line (example):
/usr/bin/sabnzbdplus --server localhost:1024

If you get this error message again, please try a different number.

Program did not start!"

I want to do a complete reinstall and set up the program from scratch. However I don't seem to be able to completely purge the configuration settings. I've tried sudo apt-get purge sabnzbd and sabnzbdplus, but i keep getting an error stating that package sabnzbdplus or sabnzbd does not exist. I just want to start over from scratch and hopefully fix the error. However, if you're reading this and you know of some other reason I'm receiving the above program did not start message, let me know.

Thanks

PS I've already tried the suggested fix in the Prompt "Open a Terminal window and type the line (example):
/usr/bin/sabnzbdplus --server localhost:1024" I got no where with that. PSS I use usenetserver as my repository and I've used all of their designated ports with the suggested terminal
command.

Open a terminal and do this:
Do you see that file? If so, make sure SABnzbd is not running, and then:
Then start sabnzbdplus ... it should start the wizard.