Help with electrum server

[Yzord]

I am trying to build my own Electrum server cause of the IP glitch and i am following this guide:

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-server/blob/master/HOWTO.md

But when i start my server i get this:

bitcoin@electrum:~$ electrum-server start
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/run_electrum_server", line 5, in <module>
    pkg_resources.run_script('electrum-server==0.9', 'run_electrum_server')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 528, in run_script
    self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1401, in run_script
    exec(script_code, namespace, namespace)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum_server-0.9-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/run_electrum_server", line 205, in <module>
   
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum_server-0.9-py2.7.egg/electrumserver/utils.py", line 236, in init_logger
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/handlers.py", line 391, in __init__
    logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 928, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/electrum.log'

Anyone know what i did wrong? I run it on Ubuntu 14.04

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[Muhammed Zakir]

Try to change file permission of Electrum. Try running with sudo, i.e., sudo electrum-server start

   -MZ

[Yzord]

bitcoin@electrum:~$ sudo electrum-server start
[sudo] password for bitcoin:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/run_electrum_server", line 5, in <module>
    pkg_resources.run_script('electrum-server==0.9', 'run_electrum_server')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 528, in run_script
    self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1401, in run_script
    exec(script_code, namespace, namespace)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum_server-0.9-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/run_electrum_server", line 205, in <module>
   
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum_server-0.9-py2.7.egg/electrumserver/utils.py", line 236, in init_logger
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/handlers.py", line 391, in __init__
    logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 928, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/electrum.log'

Get the same all that work for nothing. Waited two days before the btc blockchain was inside and now this grr.

[Yzord]

Had to remove log file and run ./configure again. All set now.

[Muhammed Zakir]

Try chmod 700 /var/log/electrum.log and start electrum-server once again.

What does numbers mean:

Code:

Number -	Octal Permission Representation
0  -	No permission
1  -	Execute permission
2  -	Write permission
3  -	Execute and write permission: 1 (execute) + 2 (write) = 3
4  -	Read permission	r--
5  -	Read and execute permission: 4 (read) + 1 (execute) = 5
6  -	Read and write permission: 4 (read) + 2 (write) = 6
7  -	All permissions: 4 (read) + 2 (write) + 1 (execute) = 7

   -MZ

[Muhammed Zakir]

Had to remove log file and run ./configure again. All set now.

Good to know! Set permission for the user correctly, I think that's what have to do instead of re-intalling.

   -MZ