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Cannot delete torrent
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:22 pm
by thomasps
I can download torrents fine, but cannot delete a downloaded file in the directory
/var/hda/files/torrents
It says "Error removing file: permission denied"
In the file properties, under permissions it says as the owner: "transmission - transmission daemon account"
I tried:
chmod -R 775 /var/hda/files/torrents
but it did not help (same error).
What can I do in order to remove/copy etc downloaded files?
Re: Cannot delete torrent
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:07 pm
by radioz
Did you use 'su' first?
i.e: 'su chmod -R 775 /var/hda/files/torrents'
Otherwise it might be an ownership problem.
Re: Cannot delete torrent
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:05 am
by thomasps
Did you use 'su' first?
i.e: 'su chmod -R 775 /var/hda/files/torrents'
Otherwise it might be an ownership problem.
Yes I did. I think it is an ownership problem...
Re: Cannot delete torrent
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:18 am
by radioz
Ok, how about posting a few entries from: ls -l /var/hda/files/torrents so we can see the owner/group ids?
I'm not familiar with how transmission is supposed to be set up, but it might be that a new group called 'transmission' was added. Perhaps your user needs to be a member of the transmission group?
Re: Cannot delete torrent
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:27 am
by thomasps
Ok, how about posting a few entries from: ls -l /var/hda/files/torrents so we can see the owner/group ids?
I'm not familiar with how transmission is supposed to be set up, but it might be that a new group called 'transmission' was added. Perhaps your user needs to be a member of the transmission group?
Code: Select all
ls -l /var/hda/files/torrents
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 transmission transmission 4096 Mar 17 20:05 Nullsoft Winamp Pro v5.
6.1.3091 + KeyGen(fff) [TrT-TcT]
Or if I use Samba (I have Greyhole):
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ls -l /mnt/samba/Torrents
total 0
drwxrwx--- 1 thomas users 0 Mar 17 20:05 Nullsoft Winamp Pro v5.6.1.3091 + KeyGe
n(fff) [TrT-TcT]
Re: Cannot delete torrent
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:20 am
by moncapitaine
I had the same problem.
On the locally mounted share /mnt/Samba/Transmission the torrent was ownedby the local user.
However, on /var/hda/files/torrents the torrent was owned by user transmission.
Solution:
as root in the /var/hda/files/transmission directory.
Then I was able to delete the files with rm.