Can't access /home/username/Music folder

[TheDreadPirate]

Thanks.

Jellyfin not being able to access /Music/ in my home directory (with proper ownership and permissions) is a non-starter for me.  Never had this issue with Subsonic or Airsonic.  Someone must have specifically hardcoded this "rule" into Jellyfin?

This is a Linux thing.  Not jellyfin.  Looking at Subsonic's page, it appears that Subsonic runs as root by default.  Meaning it can access anything anywhere.

Jellyfin runs as its own user.

(Home directory.  If I want to share files with other Users on the system, I create a new folder (/shared/), set the permissions so they can at least Read it, and we're off to the races -- whether it's under my personal home directory or not.)

Symlinks do not bypass the permissions of the linked folder.  Having a "shared" folder in your home still requires that you open up /home/<yourUser>.

What you could do is move your music to /media, or whatever directory you want that isn't your home directory, then symlink THAT folder into /home/<yourUser>.  This way Jellyfin has access to your music, you don't have to open up permissions on your home directory, and your music appears to still be in /home/<yourUser>/Music