Do you experience problems during downloading?
Check your connection in Status and Interface settings window.
Use Test Server in Config > Servers.
We will probably ask you to do a test using only basic settings.
Do you experience problems during repair or unpacking?
Enable +Debug logging in the Status and Interface settings window and share the relevant parts of the log here using [ code ] sections.
The slash notation is only usable in the web UI.
You cannot have a slash in a real filename,
therefor the {{password}} notation is needed for real filenames.
It's not possible to enter the password like that in the Add-NZB dialog.
You may have expected that for good reasons, but it isn't.
Currently you can only add the password afterwards when you click on the job title in the queue.
Possibly this limitation will be lifted in a future release, but obviously not in the current one.
my problem is exactly the same as described before.
Sabnzbd is running for a few years without any problems on Ubuntu Server. Currently on 12.04 LTS with 64-Bits. I never had any problems after new installation because I simply restored my settings folder from a backup and sometimes a have to modify some rights. But that was it and Sabnzbd runs fine again.
But now I have the problem that all passwords are dropped. Only password file works.
I tried to rename the .nzb file before adding into autoimport folder with {{password}}, I tried to set the name while adding nzb (in the dialog's last field in WEBUI) and also to rename the download job in the WebUI - last one worked for me everytime before.
In the download queue the password is shown correct ( filename / password ). But if the download is completed I always get an error message - I don't know the real message in English, it must be something like "Uncompressing failed. Archive needs password". In German "Entpacken fehlgeschlagen. Archiv benötigt ein Passwort".
Part of the answer you already now.
It's not possible to enter a password in the Add NZB dialog.
Adding a password is possible in the job details page: title / password.
A password can be passed in the file name as "title{{password}}.nzb"; the password must be at the end of the title.
Further, set the logging level to "Debug" on the Status page.
Then run a job with a password.
Afterwards, open the log file from the Status page and search for the password.
You should see a log line showing the start of the unrar program, including the password used.
Keep in mind that some characters cannot be represented in the title ( /, \, {, }, leading and trailing spaces and some more).
Those restrictions do not apply to the password file.