[rymax99]

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Originally Posted by Vince Wait, what? If you don't have any other users then it's really no wonder you have problems with permissions. The first thing you do after having installed the OS is creating a new user which will run the SA-MP server (adduser command). Use the user with less privileges for the day to day business and only use the root account for stuff that absolutely requires root, such as updating packages.

Using the root user wouldn't inherently give any kind of permission problems, although it's always a good idea to use another user for obvious security reasons.