(SOLVED)Library Scan Issue...?permissions issue?

[tepsys]

Hello LinuxNoob,


I am also running Jellyfin on a linux host.


On my system, I have my Movie and TV-Show libraries owned by root user and root group.
Directory permissions are set to 755.
File permissions are 644.


I find these are generally safe permissions settings to use, and they are working well for me.
You can easily set this ownership and permissions with a few commands. Make sure to edit these commands with the correct path to your video libraries!


This command recursively changes ownership to root user and group:

Code:

sudo chown -R root:root /path/to/your/Movies

This command recursively finds directories (notice the “-type d” flag!), and changes permissions to 755(rwxr-xr-x):

Code:

sudo find /path/to/your/Movies -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

This command recursively finds files (notice the “-type f” flag!), and changes permissions to 644(-rw-rw-r--):

Code:

sudo find /path/to/your/Movies -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Makes sure to replace “/path/to/your/Movies” with the actual path! Then just repeat these commands with the path to your TV-Shows. If you have any questions, just ask.