I keep getting the following errors when executing "caldavd" from a terminal prompt. It looks to me like there are permissions errors, but I don't know how to fix it exactly. Here's what it says....

jeff@CalServer ~ $ caldavd
Reading configuration from file: /etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/twistd", line 14, in <module>
run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
app.run(runApp, ServerOptions)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 647, in run
config.parseOptions()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 614, in parseOptions
usage.Options.parseOptions(self, options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/usage.py", line 266, in parseOptions
self.subOptions.parseOptions(rest)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/usage.py", line 276, in parseOptions
self.postOptions()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/calendarserver/tap/caldav.py", line 282, in postOptions
self.checkConfiguration()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/calendarserver/tap/caldav.py", line 338, in checkConfiguration
wait=True # Wait in a loop until ServerRoot exists
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/calendarserver/tap/caldav.py", line 300, in checkDirectory
checkDirectory(dirpath, description, access=access, create=create, wait=wait)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/calendarserver/tools/util.py", line 306, in checkDirectory
% (description, dirpath)
twistedcaldav.config.ConfigurationError: Insufficient permissions for server on Server root directory: /var/lib/caldavd


I know Windows much better than Linux, so you won't insult me if you treat me as a noob and spell things out for me. Just being honest. Thanks in advance!

What distro are you running? How did you install it?

I'm running Linux Mint 16, and I installed it using the Synaptic Package Manager. I've edited the Caldav.PList and Sudoers.PList files for passwords and users, but I'm not sure that I've got that correct, either. I think that I also ran a python script or something as well, but it's been a while since I installed it. I think the Darwin version is 3.2, if that helps.

I did see a test program on the Darwin forum, but I have no idea how to install or run it.

Does anyone know anything about this? Seems like a simple permissions issue, but then, what do I know!

You way want to run this as root

/etc/init.d/caldav start or something like that.