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DemoID

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Registered: 2013-06-21

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Can't download files from browser [SOLVED]

Hi, everytime I try to download a file with either chromium or firefox the download fails and it displays "Failed - Insufficient permissions" I've been looking online for a solution for hours and I can't find one. If someone could help me out that would be amazing. Thank you!

Heres a pic of it (look at bottom left)

Last edited by DemoID (2013-06-21 13:17:59)

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

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Re: Can't download files from browser [SOLVED]

To which directory is the web browser trying to save the file to? (Check the settings)

What are the permissions on that directory? ("ls -ld /path/to/downloads")

DemoID

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Registered: 2013-06-21

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Re: Can't download files from browser [SOLVED]

To which directory is the web browser trying to save the file to? (Check the settings)

What are the permissions on that directory? ("ls -ld /path/to/downloads")

It tries to save to:
/home/sebastian/Downloads

This is the output of ls -ld, im not sure what this means:
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:12 /home/sebastian/Downloads

thesultanofswing

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Registered: 2011-07-29

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Re: Can't download files from browser [SOLVED]

So the owner and the group of the directory is root. You need to change the ownership to your own user (sudo chown <your_user_name>:<group_name> /home/sebastian/Downloads).

DemoID

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Registered: 2013-06-21

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Re: Can't download files from browser [SOLVED]

So the owner and the group of the directory is root. You need to change the ownership to your own user (sudo chown <your_user_name>:<group_name> /home/sebastian/Downloads).

Thanks, that fixed it!