RSS Feeds: Errno 13 Permission denied

Esquire1 · 07-15-2010, 12:08 AM

I cannot seem to get RSS feeds downloaded without the following error:

Quote:

ERROR: ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>OSError</b>:[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/****/Documents/eBooks/calibre/Time [Wed, 14 Jul 2010] (20)'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 264, in dispatch
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/actions.py", line 1003, in scheduled_recipe_fetched
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py", line 187, in add_news
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 1519, in add_news
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 954, in set_metadata
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 1049, in set_authors
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 389, in set_path
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/****/Documents/eBooks/calibre/Time [Wed, 14 Jul 2010] (20)'

Quote:

ERROR: ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>OSError</b>:[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/****/Documents/eBooks/calibre/The New York Times (21)'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 264, in dispatch
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/actions.py", line 1003, in scheduled_recipe_fetched
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py", line 187, in add_news
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 1519, in add_news
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 954, in set_metadata
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 1049, in set_authors
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/database2.py", line 389, in set_path
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/****/Documents/eBooks/calibre/The New York Times (21)'

**** is where my Ubuntu username would be.

I am running Calibre on Ubuntu 10.4. I'm using the preset recipes for RSS feeds.

Please help. I'd love to be able to read the news on my PRS-500

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2010, 01:13 AM

You have a permissions issue with your library folder. If you dont know how to fix permissions in linux, just ask, and we'll help

Esquire1 · 07-15-2010, 01:30 AM

Yeah, that would be great. I deleted Win7 from my laptop because I wanted to learn Linux this summer. I went all in to force myself to use it

objectman · 07-15-2010, 08:45 AM

Hardcore!!

I admire people who go Open Source. I'm too scared.

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2010, 09:13 AM

This should do the trick:

chmod -R a+rw /home/****/Documents/eBooks/calibre/

Note that this gives read write permissions to all user accounts on your computer. I leave setting finer grained permissions as an excercise. You can learn more about chmod with the command

man chmod

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07-15-2010, 01:13 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,256 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You have a permissions issue with your library folder. If you dont know how to fix permissions in linux, just ask, and we'll help

07-15-2010, 01:30 AM	#3
Esquire1 Banned Posts: 34 Karma: 90 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle 3 wifi; PRS-500 (gone); iPad NOT for reading e-books ;)	Yeah, that would be great. I deleted Win7 from my laptop because I wanted to learn Linux this summer. I went all in to force myself to use it

07-15-2010, 08:45 AM	#4
objectman Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	Hardcore!! I admire people who go Open Source. I'm too scared.

07-15-2010, 09:13 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,256 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This should do the trick: chmod -R a+rw /home/****/Documents/eBooks/calibre/ Note that this gives read write permissions to all user accounts on your computer. I leave setting finer grained permissions as an excercise. You can learn more about chmod with the command man chmod

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