minidlna

[Ash Wyllie]

My TV says it is a dlna client, so I want to set up my Ubuntu desktop as
a dlna server using minidlna. So far it isn't working.

Here is the output from Terminal:

ashw at ashw-desktop:~$ minidlna --d
[2013/03/26 14:38:29] minidlna.c:745: error: Unknown option: --d
ashw at ashw-desktop:~$ minidlna -d
[2013/03/26 14:38:38] daemonize.c:101: error: Unable to open pidfile for
writing /var/run/minidlna.pid: Permission denied
[2013/03/26 14:38:38] minidlna.c:881: warn: Starting ReadyDLNA version
1.0.25.
[2013/03/26 14:38:38] utils.c:260: warn: make_dir: cannot create
directory '/var/cache/minidlna'
[2013/03/26 14:38:38] minidlna.c:318: fatal: ERROR: Failed to open
sqlite database!  Exiting...

I understand the why of permissions, but not the how of to change them.
Or even in this case where to change permissions.
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