deluge-daemon will not download to non-default directory

[51dusty]

i checked around the forum for an answer but didn't come up with much..i do not think this is the 'checking' issue that others have had.

i am new to deluge and still learning all the ins-and-outs of *nix, so be gentle.

my info:
ubuntu 9.10 server - headless
installed deluged and deluge-webui per instructions on website
running deluge-daemon as user deluge
web-ui works flawlessly

my problem:
deluge will only start a download if it downloads to /var/lib/deluge

control:
i download torrent-A to /var/lib/deluge via the web-ui....and everything works as expected

test1:
changed the 'download folder' in web preferences to /srv/samba/torrents
i *try* to download torrent-B to the new download folder..no dice. sits at checking...

test2:
changed 'download folder' back to /var/lib/deluge AND changed 'move completed torrent' to /srv/samba/torrents (while enabling the feature)
i download torrent-B to the /var/lib/deluge...works great...except it never transfers the torrent to /srv/samba/torrents...even if i 'move storage' manually

i checked permissions on the folders in question, everything *looks* ok.
umask=0 in config file.

what am i missing? why won't deluge download to non-default dir OR move file to dir i specify?

should i run as a different user? some permission nonsense that i am unaware of?

thanks

[johnnyg]

Does the deluge user have write permissions for /srv/samba/torrents?
If you're unsure post what

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stat /srv/samba/torrents

outputs.

[51dusty]

thanks for the help. i didn't have write permissions for "other" set on torrent folder properly.