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Ubuntu permissions - FuzzyDunlop - 2023-11-29
Hello all,
Just installed Jellyfin on Ubuntu (22.04.3), and in the setup process, when trying to add a directory, I keep getting the message "The path could not be found. Please ensure the path is valid and try again." From what I can see, all users have permission to access the directory. Where else should I be looking?
Apologies if this is redundant. This appears to be pretty straightforward, but everything I found when searching didn't seem to apply.
Thanks in advance.
RE: Ubuntu permissions - TheDreadPirate - 2023-11-29
Is the directory a network share that you mounted? An external hard drive? Are there any ACLs on ANY of the directories in the path?
RE: Ubuntu permissions - FuzzyDunlop - 2023-11-29
It is an external hard drive.
Looking into ACL now.
Sorry...I've been using Ubuntu for years, but have had almost no need to investigate/change any settings.
RE: Ubuntu permissions - FuzzyDunlop - 2023-11-30
The ACL for the drive is set to...
user: rwx
group: rwx
other: r-x
and for the folder it's...
user: rwx
group: r-x
other r-x
Again, thanks in advance.
RE: Ubuntu permissions - TheDreadPirate - 2023-11-30
If you don't need the ACLs, I would just remove them and use standard linux permissions.
Code:
setfacl -b -R /path/to/drive/mnt/That will recursively remove all the ACLs
I've found that ACLs, even when it looks like they should allow access, can be hard to get working.
RE: Ubuntu permissions - FuzzyDunlop - 2023-11-30
I tried it, and nothing changed, but I did not get any error indicating why it wouldn't work. Any ideas?
RE: Ubuntu permissions - TheDreadPirate - 2023-11-30
What is the full path do your library(s)? So I can construct a command for you to run.
Also, is the external hard drive formatted as EXT4 or something else? And what are the mount parameters of the external hard drive?
RE: Ubuntu permissions - FuzzyDunlop - 2023-11-30
Full path is /media/lucky/Elements. It's formatted as NTFS. Should I reformat?
I also tried a local folder, before and after removing ACLs, and still got the same "path not found" message.
RE: Ubuntu permissions - TheDreadPirate - 2023-11-30
(2023-11-30, 07:49 PM)FuzzyDunlop Wrote: Full path is /media/lucky/Elements. It's formatted as NTFS. Should I reformat?
I also tried a local folder, before and after removing ACLs, and still got the same "path not found" message.
It's been a while since I used Linux + NTFS. But I remember that there are some issues with permission compatibility. Reformat to EXT4. If you have multiple drives or drives on other computers, backup your data before reformatting, obviously.
RE: Ubuntu permissions - FuzzyDunlop - 2023-12-02
It took some time to back everything up, but I got it done this morning, and I reformatted to ext4, removed ACLs, and still got the same message. I tried reformatting again to FAT, just for the hell of it, and got the same message again, even after removing the ACLs.
Any other ideas?