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sufr3ak
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Help with Sabnzbd starting as a service

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I have a family shared computer that I want to migrate my Sabnzbd too. I follow the instructions to install as a service, but I found that sabnzb will not work unless a user logs in. (even a limited user)

I installed the following way:
1. Installed Sabnzbd
2. Copied config file to c:\program files (x86)\sabnzbd\
2. Via admin command line - installed Sabnzbd-helper

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sabnzbd-helper.exe --startup auto install
3. via admin command line - installed sabnzbd-service

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sabnzbd-service -f "c:\program files (x86)\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini" install
4. Set the Sabnzbd Helper service to Auto Start. Local System account.
5. Set the Sabnzb Binary Newsreader service to Auto Start Delayed. Local system account

I tested everything, it worked. When I rebooted, but didn't log in, nothing would respond. Once a user logged in, the Helper Service started, then a little bit after, the Sabnzbd service started. And everything worked.

I'm pretty sure I followed all the instructions. Am I missing something?
(oh, the fw is turned off on the system)
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shypike
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Re: Help with Sabnzbd starting as a service

Post by shypike »

Did you set a user account for the SABnzbd service?
The Helper should have admin rights, SABnzbd some user's rights.
The latter is especially important if you want to access external servers.
Also, you did not tell SABnzbdService to autostart and not only the Helper?
The Helper doesn't need autostart, because it's a requirement for SABnzbd.
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Re: Help with Sabnzbd starting as a service

Post by sufr3ak »

Found the problem.
I shouldn't have set Sabnzbd binary newsreader service to Delayed. Once I set it Automatic, it worked like a charm.
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