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      Thread: (Ubuntu) user permissions
    Post: RE: (Ubuntu) user permissions

    @TheDreadPirate that worked! Thank you! Jellyfin server is up and running with an external ext4 drive full of media. I had no idea ExFAT would cause so many problems in this setup. I greatly apprec...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 10 1,564 2024-10-23, 02:04 PM
      Thread: (Ubuntu) user permissions
    Post: RE: (Ubuntu) user permissions

    @TheDreadPirate I copied all the files to another ExFAT drive and have now reformatted my Media drive as EXT4. It's currently empty. I've added the following line to /etc/fstab, based on the drive's n...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 10 1,564 2024-10-22, 03:20 PM
      Thread: (Ubuntu) user permissions
    Post: RE: (Ubuntu) user permissions

    @TheDreadPirate that made the drive inaccessible. Error screenshot is below: I could temporarily move all the media to another drive, reformat this drive to another file system format, and move...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 10 1,564 2024-10-20, 01:04 AM
      Thread: (Ubuntu) user permissions
    Post: RE: (Ubuntu) user permissions

    @TheDreadPirate, made the change but I still can't copy a file onto the drive (even a small one). ls -l returns this for the drive and all subfolders: drwxrwxr-x
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 10 1,564 2024-10-19, 11:42 PM
      Thread: (Ubuntu) user permissions
    Post: RE: (Ubuntu) user permissions

    @TheDreadPirate thank you again. I just tried doing that, and rebooted. I'm sure I have something wrong... here's the line with the "umask=0002" added: Code: -- UUID=6646-2F9B /media/Media exfat d...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 10 1,564 2024-10-19, 10:30 PM
      Thread: (Ubuntu) user permissions
    Post: (Ubuntu) user permissions

    I'm running Jellyfin Server on Ubuntu 24.04 with my media files on an external exFAT hard drive, mounted in /media/Media. Jellyfin can see the files, navigate through them, and write new files to the ...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 10 1,564 2024-10-19, 05:57 PM
      Thread: Library Title Graphics
    Post: RE: Library Title Graphics

    Thanks! I checked it out, and looks like it'll do exactly what's needed.
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 2 327 2024-10-19, 05:44 PM
      Thread: Library Title Graphics
    Post: Library Title Graphics

    Hi, After adding a few libraries, Jellyfin has created these wonderful library title graphics with text overlays, such as "Movies" in large white letters superimposed over an image grabbed from one...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 2 327 2024-10-19, 12:15 AM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    EDIT: I'm making this a new thread, as it's beyond the scope of my original question.  EDIT #2: New thread that resolved this permissions issue: https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-solved-ubuntu-user-perm...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-18, 10:42 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    @theguymadmax thank you!!! That worked. It's been about 12 years since I've played around in Linux, and I've clearly forgotten some basics. @TheDreadPirate thank you as well for your amazing help and ...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-18, 09:56 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    @theguymadmax thanks, and apologies for addressing you as TheDreadPirate in my earlier reply. I tried that as well, adding this to fstab: Code: -- # new UUID, shorter one that comes from the ou...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-18, 08:41 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    @TheDreadPirate Thanks for hanging with me through this. I ran that command: Code: -- $ sudo blkid /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: LABEL="Media" UUID="6646-2F9B" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="exfat" PARTLABEL="Ele...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-18, 07:44 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    @TheDreadPirate here's the full output of sudo fdisk -lx: Code: -- $ sudo fdisk -lx [sudo] password for (username): Disk /dev/loop0: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 51...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-18, 04:11 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    I just tried one more thing, plugging in a USB thumb drive to see if I could get that to be recognized using the same process. I get the same error message for both drives: Code: -- $ sudo mount -...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-18, 02:43 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    @TheDreadPirate thanks again for all your help. I just changed the /etc/fstab entry to: UUID=(xxx...) /media/Media exfat defaults 0 0 ...then did the following and got the response shown at the ...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-18, 01:50 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    By the way, here's the line I added to /etc/fstab: Code: -- UUID=(xxx) /media/(username)/(drivename) exfat defaults 0 0 --
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-17, 11:29 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: RE: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    @TheDreadPirate thanks so much for that very thorough primer! I've edited my /etc/fstab file using Gnome Text Editor, and re-saved. Here's a play-by-play from that point: $ sudo umount /media/(user...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-17, 11:07 PM
      Thread: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives
    Post: Jellyfin Server - Ubuntu external drives

    Hi, I've previously installed Jellyfin server on Mac, and it had no trouble recognizing and reading from my external media drive. I've now started a new Jellyfin installation on Ubuntu 24.04LTS, an...
    mjpatey Troubleshooting 15 1,255 2024-10-17, 04:37 PM
      Thread: Best way to move JF server to a new machine?
    Post: RE: Best way to move JF server to a new machine?

    @GarlicMash @TheDreadPirate thanks for the insight! I will copy those folders to the new system, and create a user with the same name. Greatly appreciated!
    mjpatey General Questions 3 584 2024-09-28, 09:55 PM
      Thread: Best way to move JF server to a new machine?
    Post: Best way to move JF server to a new machine?

    Hi, I've been testing Jellyfin server on a Macbook Pro, and have decided it's definitely earned a spot on its own dedicated machine, which will be an old Mac Mini. The media all live on an external...
    mjpatey General Questions 3 584 2024-09-27, 10:08 PM
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