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Errors As Soon As I Open Program

#1 Post by kkelseym » 2020-02-28 22:51

I've never been able to use FileZilla because every time I open it or close it I immediately get multiple popup errors. I've tried downloading it multiple times over the course of months because I keep trying again and again. I've put the errors below. How do I fix or stop them and get this thing working?

Error writing xml file (APPEARS FOUR TIMES)
Could not write "/.config/filezilla/filezilla.xml": Failed to write xml file

Error saving queue
An error occured saving the transfer queue to "/.config/filezilla/queue.sqlite3":. Some queue items might not have been saved.

Error loading queue (APPEARS TWICE)
An error occured loading the transfer queue from "/.config/filezilla/queue.sqlite3". Some queue items might not have been restored.

Filezilla Error
Directory '/.config/filezilla' couldn't be created (error 13: Permission denied)

If it helps I'm using a Mac.

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Re: Errors As Soon As I Open Program

#2 Post by botg » 2020-02-29 18:05

Did you at any point decline a prompt by macOS to grant FileZilla permission to access its own configuration files?

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Re: Errors As Soon As I Open Program

#3 Post by kkelseym » 2020-02-29 22:52

Nope. I just checked to make sure to and it has access to files & folders.

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Re: Errors As Soon As I Open Program

#4 Post by botg » 2020-02-29 23:15

Check the permissions of the directory ~/.config/filezilla as well as the files it contains, and also its parent directory ~/.config

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Re: Errors As Soon As I Open Program

#5 Post by kkelseym » 2020-03-01 01:07

I'm not sure how to do that. Is it one of the hidden folders in my harddrive? I'm not sure how to unhide them using Terminal.

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#6 Post by botg » 2020-03-02 09:28

ls -l to list files and permissions, and chmod to change permissions if needed.

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Re: Errors As Soon As I Open Program

#7 Post by kkelseym » 2020-10-07 20:45

UPDATE: I never got FileZilla to work, it just kept erroring, so I switched to a different program which works no problem whatsoever. If you use Mac and have this issue try Transmit 5.

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Re: Errors As Soon As I Open Program

#8 Post by salmanshaikh » 2022-01-25 00:24

It appears that the ownership got changed to system by mistake on your machine for the ./config folder

To restore the default permission, execute the following command on the terminal:

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sudo chown -R <username> .config
When prompted for a password, enter your login password.

Once done, Open the Filezilla again and it should work.

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