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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