# sonarr permissions issue

**URL:** <https://dietpi.com/forum/t/sonarr-permissions-issue/6108>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [25 December 2021 14:33 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/sonarr-permissions-issue/6108 "2021-12-25T14:33:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kalium](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@kalium](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/kalium)\
**Post date:** [25 December 2021 14:33 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/sonarr-permissions-issue/6108/1 "2021-12-25T14:33:14Z")

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Hello,

I’m having issues with sonarr permissions, can anyone help me out? Here’s an example of what’s going on.

```nohighlight
Couldn't import episode /mnt/USBHDD1/downloads/complete/The.Witcher.S02E04.480p.x264-mSD/4d53d4c977ab4a13b2a6dd1478f5befb.mkv: Access to the path '/mnt/USBHDD1/downloads/complete/The.Witcher.S02E04.480p.x264-mSD/4d53d4c977ab4a13b2a6dd1478f5befb.mkv' is denied.

```

When I check to see who owns the file and folder I get this:

```nohighlight
-rw-r--r-- 1 sabnzbd dietpi 450209756 Dec 20 00:07 The.Witcher.S02E04.480p.x264-mSD/4d53d4c977ab4a13b2a6dd1478f5befb.mkv

```

I then check what users are in the dietpi group:

```nohighlight
dietpi sonarr radarr sabnzbd

```

Everything looks good to me but yet sonarr cannot move the file. It has to be some sort of permission issue right?

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**Author:** ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)\
**Post date:** [25 December 2021 14:37 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/sonarr-permissions-issue/6108/2 "2021-12-25T14:37:06Z")

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Probably you need write permissions for the group. Actually it’s read only for dietpi group.

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**Author:** ![kalium](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@kalium](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/kalium)\
**Post date:** [25 December 2021 17:51 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/sonarr-permissions-issue/6108/3 "2021-12-25T17:51:29Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Probably you need write permissions for the group. Actually it’s read only for dietpi group.

I figured it out, sabnzbd wasn’t setting the file/folder permissions after downloading. I just set it to 777 in the sabnzbd settings and it’s all working perfectly now.