Transmission reports "permissions error" but actual permissions and logs don't agree

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Anansi1
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Transmission reports "permissions error" but actual permissions and logs don't agree

Post by Anansi1 »

All,

I'm using Transmission v. 2.94 (d8e60ee44f) on a mid-2010 Macintosh Pro running 10.13.4 (17E202) and am trying to download single torrents using "magnet links". When I connect to the torrent, I get the normal client connection showing multiple tracker sources and the download appears to begin normally, but shortly (within 5% downloaded) the file transfer stops and I see a "permission denied" error listing the target directory. I've checked the permissions on the target directory and they've been set to give "everyone" read-write access to the folder.

I updated Transmission to the current version (that is/was a separate bug/issue - it wouldn't download and I had to uninstall the old version and then install the new version from the web-site) and then re-attempted the download; no success. I checked my system for updates and there were none. I checked the console in the recommended locations, but since this isn't a crash per-se, there isn't a crash log. When I search the console for "transmission" the only things I find are as follows:

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Process: Transmission [26920]
Path: /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
Identifier: org.m0k.transmission
Responsible: Transmission [26920]
__TEXT 0000000105785000-0000000105888000 [ 1036K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
4 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010578b317 0x105785000 + 25367
32 org.m0k.transmission 0x00000001057877b3 0x105785000 + 10163
33 org.m0k.transmission 0x0000000105787300 0x105785000 + 8960
1 org.m0k.transmission 0x0000000105832dab 0x105785000 + 712107
2 org.m0k.transmission 0x00000001058283d9 0x105785000 + 668633
3 org.m0k.transmission 0x00000001057f6a70 0x105785000 + 465520
4 org.m0k.transmission 0x00000001057ee5e4 0x105785000 + 431588
2 org.m0k.transmission 0x00000001057ddd0e 0x105785000 + 363790
3 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010580ca6d 0x105785000 + 555629
4 org.m0k.transmission 0x00000001057ee5e4 0x105785000 + 431588
0x105785000 - 0x105887fff +org.m0k.transmission (2.92 - 14714) <C181978C-0863-3CAB-A496-181862E970DE> /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
0x1058c2000 - 0x1058d9fff +org.andymatuschak.Sparkle (1.5 Beta [bzr] - 337) <8BE62C95-BF56-8320-646F-385AC5F1D513> /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
0x1058f9000 - 0x105928fff +com.growl.growlframework (1.3.1 - 1.3.1) <81F2E452-20C8-3F2D-94B2-B58FA5DE1ECE> /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Versions/A/Growl
------------------------------------------------------------------
Process: Transmission [26922]
Path: /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
Identifier: org.m0k.transmission
Responsible: Transmission [26922]
__TEXT 000000010e79a000-000000010e89d000 [ 1036K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
4 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e7a0317 0x10e79a000 + 25367
32 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e79c7b3 0x10e79a000 + 10163
33 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e79c300 0x10e79a000 + 8960
1 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e847dab 0x10e79a000 + 712107
2 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e83d3d9 0x10e79a000 + 668633
3 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e80ba70 0x10e79a000 + 465520
4 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e8035e4 0x10e79a000 + 431588
2 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e7f2d0e 0x10e79a000 + 363790
3 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e821a6d 0x10e79a000 + 555629
4 org.m0k.transmission 0x000000010e8035e4 0x10e79a000 + 431588
0x10e79a000 - 0x10e89cfff +org.m0k.transmission (2.92 - 14714) <C181978C-0863-3CAB-A496-181862E970DE> /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
0x10e8d9000 - 0x10e8f0fff +org.andymatuschak.Sparkle (1.5 Beta [bzr] - 337) <8BE62C95-BF56-8320-646F-385AC5F1D513> /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
0x10e913000 - 0x10e942fff +com.growl.growlframework (1.3.1 - 1.3.1) <81F2E452-20C8-3F2D-94B2-B58FA5DE1ECE> /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Versions/A/Growl
------------------------------------------------------------------
May 13 00:21:36 Mac-Pro Transmission[1443]: assertion failed: 17E202: libxpc.dylib + 75489 [25DB244E-217D-3CE0-A8F2-0C4255783B42]: 0x89
May 13 00:21:53 Mac-Pro Transmission[1443]: objc[1443]: Class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FinderKit.framework/Versions/A/FinderKit (0x7fff994d0c90) and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride (0x11514ccd8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
May 13 00:21:54 Mac-Pro Transmission[1443]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[mach_recv] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked
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May 12 17:55:35 vpn174-207 Transmission[34974]: Sparkle Error: An error occurred while extracting the archive. Please try again later.
May 12 17:55:44 vpn174-207 Transmission[34974]: assertion failed: 17E202: libxpc.dylib + 75489 [25DB244E-217D-3CE0-A8F2-0C4255783B42]: 0x89
May 12 17:55:49 vpn174-207 Transmission[34974]: objc[34974]: Class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FinderKit.framework/Versions/A/FinderKit (0x7fff87425c90) and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride (0x104caecd8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
May 12 17:55:50 vpn174-207 Transmission[34974]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[mach_recv] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked
NSDevicePath = "/Volumes/Transmission";
NSWorkspaceVolumeLocalizedNameKey = Transmission;
NSWorkspaceVolumeURLKey = "file:///Volumes/Transmission/";
May 12 18:14:46 vpn174-207 Transmission[35046]: assertion failed: 17E202: libxpc.dylib + 75489 [25DB244E-217D-3CE0-A8F2-0C4255783B42]: 0x89
May 12 18:15:21 vpn174-207 Transmission[35046]: objc[35046]: Class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FinderKit.framework/Versions/A/FinderKit (0x7fff87425c90) and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride (0x1192e1cd8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
May 12 18:15:22 vpn174-207 Transmission[35046]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[mach_recv] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked
May 12 21:47:47 vpn174-207 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x1000004d.Transmission[35046]): Service exited due to signal: Terminated: 15 sent by loginwindow[132]
NSDevicePath = "/Volumes/Transmission";
NSWorkspaceVolumeLocalizedNameKey = Transmission;
NSWorkspaceVolumeURLKey = "file:///Volumes/Transmission/";
May 12 21:58:46 Mac-Pro Transmission[1088]: assertion failed: 17E202: libxpc.dylib + 75489 [25DB244E-217D-3CE0-A8F2-0C4255783B42]: 0x89
May 12 21:58:48 Mac-Pro Transmission[1088]: objc[1088]: Class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FinderKit.framework/Versions/A/FinderKit (0x7fff994d0c90) and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride (0x10e58ecd8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
May 12 21:58:49 Mac-Pro Transmission[1088]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[mach_recv] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked
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I can re-create this at will, using multiple "magnet" source files. Please let me know how I can further assist.

"Anansi1"
innedisco
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Re: Transmission reports "permissions error" but actual permissions and logs don't agree

Post by innedisco »

I have the same problem.

I add a torrent to Transmission but after just a few seconds the download stops and says permission denied. When I look into the folder, I can't find any file related to the torrent. Deleting the file out of Transmission and put it back again leads to a message that says that it file is already in the system and can't be imported again, so I have to restart Transmission to try again.

I tried different places, my external drive and also my internal SSD. Both react the same.

At some point I started to use another client and it worked out fine but after a few weeks there was also nothing happening anymore.

How can I solve this problem? What are the steps that I need to do to find a solution.

Do you need any report? It also crashed a few times in the last days while I was trying to solve it maybe something like this?

Thanks a lot.
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