Tutorial: SSH into Synology NAS with Useful Examples

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15 hours ago, Carlo said:

What plugin?
What are you trying to do?

I want to install a Smart Playlist

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Just to add my $0.02...

Synology disables the "admin" account by default partly to eliminate the low hanging fruit of having such a standard username available to would be hackers.  I believe the recommendation is to enable the admin account, create a new account with a more obscure username and admin permissions, then disable the "admin" account.

 

I have setup my Emby media file structure to be available to the internally networked Windows computers via Samba to facilitate uploading new media.  I use the excellent parental controls built into the Emby server; however, as the kiddos have gotten older and more network savvy it is too easy for them to simply go directly to the network share and get whatever they want.  Using the ownership permissions of the linux filesystem, I use the ssh interface to change the ownership and permissions of restricted media so that only the Emby server can see them.

Uploaded files are owned by the samba user, but all of the "support" files created by the Emby server are owned by Emby.  So, I first change the ownership of the folder and uploaded files to Emby, then I remove the read, write, and execute permissions for the group and others:

sudo chown -c -R emby targetfolder

sudo chmod -c -R go-rwx targetfolder

(the -c outputs each change made, the -R makes it recursive through all subfolders)

Once the group and other permissions are removed, you will also need to use sudo ls -l to see the folder contents. (And the tab auto-complete won't work.)

From the Windows machines, the folder name is visible but cannot be opened.  If you want to completely hide the media, just tuck it under a folder like "Restricted" (also without group and others permissions).  Then the Windows machines will only see the folder "Restricted" but cannot see what is inside it.

It is important to note that if the Emby server encounters any folder / file it can't read in any of its media libraries, it will abort the scan for file changes and you will notice that it no longer updates when media is changed / added / removed.  So be sure that any folder / file with the group and other permissions removed is owned by the Emby user (including its parent folders).