Sabnzbd jail - Sabnzbd plugin won't start after UID change (was: "How to change UID for "media"?)

[Chip Sprague]

I'm bringing an old box back to life. Updated to 11 fine. All my shares are fine. Transmission is fine. I can see, for some odd reason, that I had changed the UID/GID in the Sabnzbd jail. It can't write back to the same directories as Transmission. How can I move that user back to 816:816?

EDIT:
That's done. Now the plugin won't start.

Code:

root@sabnzbd_1:/ # id media													
uid=816(media) gid=816(media) groups=816(media)  

Code:

root@sabnzbd_1:/ # service sabnzbd stop										 
sabnzbd not running? (check /var/run/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.pid).					 
root@sabnzbd_1:/ # service sabnzbd start										
Starting sabnzbd.															   
																			   
Fatal error:																	
  "/var/db/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini" is not a valid configuration file<br>Error messa
ge: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/db/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini'				 
Specify a correct file or delete this file.									 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/sabnzbd: WARNING: failed to start sabnzbd 

 

[garm]

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/users-synopsis.html

 

[Chip Sprague]

Thanks. Now the plugin won't start.

How to change UID for those who find this later:

chpass USERNAME

You're in VI
cursor around to the UID
"i" to insert
delete to remove old charachters
ESC then colon then w then q then ! ----> [:wq!]
enter

 

[garm]

Or use pw(8)

pw usermod [username] -u [uid] or pw groupmod [groupname] -g [gid]

Negates the risk of making a typo that breaks your machine.

 

[Chip Sprague]

I did a

Code:

chown -R media /var/db/sabnzbd

That gives me
root@sabnzbd_1:/ # service sabnzbd start
Starting sabnzbd.
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/sabnzbd: WARNING: failed to start sabnzbd


 

[preedy]

Help like this is never help. It is done so much though out this community. Throwing a page of commands at a person is similar to handed a loaded gun to NOOB and saying now CLEAN IT.