I know this is an old thread, but this bug was also affecting me on Ubuntu 15.10.
Removing ~/.config/transmission/ also fixed the problem for me -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959616 Title: Permission denied errors when writing on any target drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/959616/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
