[19:48] <thewarden> Hi. I'm new to ubuntu but not linux/unix. I'm trying to figure out how to store files in a central location on the same machine for all people to use.
[19:49] <johnny> that's always a good question.. one not resolved
[19:49] <thewarden> I created the directory /usr/podcasts but when I use gPodder it will not let me use that folder. I chmo'd 777 to the directory.
[19:49] <thewarden> how can I do this ?
[19:49] <johnny>  i usually put stuff like that in /usr/local
[19:49] <johnny>  /usr/local/shared or /shared
[19:49] <johnny> or something
[19:49] <thewarden> oh yeah that is a good idea, however your saying I can't do this?
[19:49] <johnny> you should change the owner of the folder
[19:50] <johnny> all your users who are going to use that folder should be in whatever group you want
[19:52] <thewarden> oh what group is that or do I need to create one?
[19:52] <thewarden> oh I chmoded the  podcasts directory but forgot about changing the group, so this is why?
[19:55] <johnny> you prolly need to create one
[19:55] <thewarden> argh, gotta be the group issue as I gave permissions but still get an error trying to get gPodder to use that directory.
[19:56] <johnny> and then add your users to it
[19:56] <johnny> and then, logout for your current user
[19:56] <thewarden> okay, is there a gui in Ubuntu to do this or all terminal work?
[19:57] <johnny> for adding groups?
[19:57] <johnny> there is a gui
[19:57] <johnny> altho i personally never use it :)
[19:57] <thewarden> really ?
[19:57] <johnny> it's in adminstration
[19:57] <johnny> i'm not logged into my ubuntu box.. but it's users & groups or something
[19:59] <LaserJock> yeah
[19:59] <LaserJock> I use it all the time
[19:59] <thewarden> ahh I forgot about that, thanks.
[19:59] <thewarden> mm could I just use the users group ?
[20:00] <johnny> think so
[20:01] <thewarden> okay, so I  still need to logout then log back in for the changes to take affect?
[20:01] <johnny> yes
[20:01] <johnny> for your own user
[20:02] <thewarden> this whole gui thing is taking me for a spin.. use to always being in the terminal. Mainly used OpenBSD for the most of my experience.
[20:02] <thewarden> okay
[20:03] <johnny> well you can do the terminal thing if you want :)
[20:03] <johnny> i always do
[20:04] <johnny> but i have used the gui things a few times
[20:04] <johnny> just so i could point people to them
[20:04] <LaserJock> I like guis when they work
[20:04] <thewarden> agreed LaserJack
[20:06] <thewarden> okay I have 755 and root:users now on the directory called podcasts.
[20:07] <thewarden> I'll try logging out now and see if this works. Thanks for the help!
[20:17] <thewarden> Hi. Okay I created a directory /usr/local/share/podcasts. chown root:users and chmod 755 on the directory. Added myself and other users to the users group.
[20:18] <thewarden> then logged out of the account and re-logged back in. Still I get an error from gPodder saying "Error Moving Downloads" to this shared directory I'm trying to setup.
[20:18] <thewarden> what else can there be that I could be doing wrong here?? This shouldn't be hard.
[20:18] <LaserJock> thewarden: is it writable by the users group?
[20:21] <thewarden> LaserJock: ahh ops no. for now I chmod 777 on the directory. closed gPodder and loaded it again. Still get the "Error Moving Downloads".
[20:21] <LaserJock> wierd
[20:22] <thewarden> geez what could be the problem here.... done this many times on other OSs no problem.
[20:22] <thewarden> maybe its the application
[20:22] <LaserJock> so what is the output of /usr/local/share/podcasts and groups
[20:22] <thewarden> output, what do you mean? you want to see /etc/groups?
[20:23] <LaserJock> no, you can just type groups
[20:23] <LaserJock> tells you what groups you belong to
[20:23] <LaserJock> just making sure everthing is consistent
[20:23] <thewarden> thewarden adm dialout fax cdrom floppy tape audio dip video plugdev users scanner fuse lpadmin admin netdev powerdev
[20:24] <thewarden> drwxrwxrwx  2 root users 4096 2008-04-05 12:53 podcasts
[20:24] <LaserJock> sure looks write
[20:24] <LaserJock> looks like maybe a gPodder problem
[20:24] <LaserJock> heh, *right
[20:25] <thewarden> argh... and I liked that application as Miro is to bloated for my liking. Mmmmm
[20:28] <thewarden> anyone have a suggestion of a aggregater to get podcasts?
[20:29] <thewarden> must handle video and audio
[20:34] <thewarden> yup its gPodder I would say. as I just downloaded a podcast to /usr/local/share/podcasts with Miro and it worked fine. Maybe try one more thing with gPodder to toast all my settings to start fresh and try once more.
[20:36] <LaserJock> yeah, it seems like it would be odd for gPodder to do that
[20:36] <thewarden> where is gpodder settings kept? I don't see a gpodder directory in ~. just a location for downloads.
[20:36] <LaserJock> would it possibly be in .gnome2/ ?
[20:36] <thewarden> ahhh found it ~/.config/.gpodder
[20:37]  * thewarden crosses his fingers
[20:39] <thewarden> nope same issue I get "Error Moving Downloads". Funny thing is I don't have anything downloaded anymore.
[20:39] <thewarden> oh well no gPodder for now.
[20:41] <LaserJock> thewarden: you might file a bug report if you have time
[20:41] <thewarden> LaserJock: sure thing, where do I go?
[20:41] <LaserJock> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpodder/+filebug
[20:43] <LaserJock> gotta run some errands, bbl
[20:46] <thewarden> ok thanks