Deluge Daemon Web UI No Longer Starting

[nuttboxer2]

Environment:
Ubuntu 14.04 headless server
deluge 1.3.6
libtorrent 0.16.16.0

This setup was running fine until recently. I updated my sudo password, and installed OpenVPN as I've had a few emails from my ISP. I can get the console to start successfully, and when I start the daemon and web-ui from command line I get a successful message, but when I check through Webmin, they are not running, and of course I cannot access the web UI. It either spins forever or immediately says it can't connect in fireofox. I didn't think it was the VPN as I can access Mediatomb and Webmin just fine, but I tested with VPN off to confirm.

Could changing my sudo password somehow have blocked deluge from starting? The logs tell me nothing, unless I have the wrong logging setup.

Ok, checked the daemon log and found this:
Error common:167 Unable to use default config directory, exiting... ([Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/~/.config/deluge')

I'm guessing that password change may have caused an issue somewhere in deluge. I'll search this error and see what I find if I don't get a response sooner.

[ubudog]

How are you running deluge (which user)?

[nuttboxer2]

I'm attempting to start the daemon using my sudo user, who is also the user I have listed in my init scripts. I have added this user to the deluge group as well. Is that what you're asking?

[ubudog]

Looks like you don't own the config directory for some reason, probably because of running deluge as root at one point.

Try this:

chown -R username:username /home/username/.config/deluge

[nuttboxer2]

I tried that, same error. Not sure what the permissions on this folder were originally, but when I check they were root:root.

[ubudog]

Weird... try backing up your config and having Deluge make a new one.

mv .config/deluge .config/delugebak

You might have to run that as root (or sudo).

[nuttboxer2]

How do I recreate the /deluge folder? Also, noticed I have a user and group named debian-deluged that did not exist before, at least not when I originally set this up.

[ubudog]

If you mean restoring it to like it was, you can just move it back:

mv .config/delugebak .config/deluge

[nuttboxer2]

Sorry, not restoring, the having deluge make a new one part. I only know how to do this by re-installing.

[ubudog]

I believe Deluge will do this automatically whenever you restart it.