Permission Denied error when downloading torrents #4128

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opened 2026-02-21 17:09:02 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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2026-02-21 17:09:02 -05:00

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Originally created by @ekimyar on GitHub (Apr 2, 2016).

I have had problems for several days downloading new files to my Rpi2 running OSMC. When I first installed OSMC via apt-get, it saved files with no problem to my usb hdd, but then just stopped working, I think after a power outage.

At first it appeared that it was a 'dirty bit' issue on my usb hdd, but I cleared the dirty bit and even re-formatted the hard drive from fat32 to ext3. Somehow, I still cannot download files to the usb hdd. After the reformat, I ran chmod 777 -R the drive as the OSMC user, the user that I run qbittorrent as.

Here's the error I get:
An I/O error occurred, 'torrent' paused.
02/04/2016 22:10:06 - Reason: error: Permission denied

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Originally created by @ekimyar on GitHub (Apr 2, 2016). I have had problems for several days downloading new files to my Rpi2 running OSMC. When I first installed OSMC via apt-get, it saved files with no problem to my usb hdd, but then just stopped working, I think after a power outage. At first it appeared that it was a 'dirty bit' issue on my usb hdd, but I cleared the dirty bit and even re-formatted the hard drive from fat32 to ext3. Somehow, I still cannot download files to the usb hdd. After the reformat, I ran chmod 777 -R the drive as the OSMC user, the user that I run qbittorrent as. Here's the error I get: An I/O error occurred, 'torrent' paused. 02/04/2016 22:10:06 - Reason: error: Permission denied Thanks!

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2026-02-21 17:09:04 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 17:09:06 -05:00

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@ekimyar commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2016):

Sorry, here's my qBittorrent version and OS version.
qBittorrent v3.1.10
Linux 4.4.3-3-osmc #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 1 15:51:08 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

I also purged, deleted the qbittorrent folders, and reinstalled everything, still with no luck. Also, from the shell with the OSMC user, I can create files on the USB HDD. (I created a test file using nano on it.) AND, I can download torrents to my home folder, just not to the USB HDD. I run qBittorrent headless, and just start it via SSH, download what I'm looking for, and then ctrl-c and shut down the SSH session.

@ekimyar commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2016): Sorry, here's my qBittorrent version and OS version. qBittorrent v3.1.10 Linux 4.4.3-3-osmc #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 1 15:51:08 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux I also purged, deleted the qbittorrent folders, and reinstalled everything, still with no luck. Also, from the shell with the OSMC user, I can create files on the USB HDD. (I created a test file using nano on it.) AND, I can download torrents to my home folder, just not to the USB HDD. I run qBittorrent headless, and just start it via SSH, download what I'm looking for, and then ctrl-c and shut down the SSH session.

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2026-02-21 17:09:09 -05:00

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@sledgehammer999 commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2016):

You are using a very old qbittorrent version. Unfortunately our PPA doesn't build for raspberry pi.
So can follow these simple instructions to build latest version yourself: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Compiling-qBittorrent-on-Debian-and-Ubuntu

@sledgehammer999 commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2016): You are using a very old qbittorrent version. Unfortunately our PPA doesn't build for raspberry pi. So can follow these simple instructions to build latest version yourself: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Compiling-qBittorrent-on-Debian-and-Ubuntu

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