bill_j 0 Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) Hello, When I try to delete a file via Emby's interface (web interface or iOS interface), I get the following message : "There was an error deleting the item from Emby Server. Please check that Emby Server has write access to the media folder and try again." My question is, how do I grant write-access to Emby Server ? I guess I could use chown or chmod (although I am not very familiar with these commands), but I do not even know what Emby Server's username is, to begin with. Any help would be much appreciated. Here is my setup : Emby server version 3.5.2.0 on an ubuntu machine. Most files on this server belong to a user called "debian-transmission" (and to a group with the same name) The folders containing these files belong to a user called "bill" (and to a group with the same name). Thank you ! Edited February 10, 2019 by bill_j
Luke 39003 Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 but I do not even know what Emby Server's username is, to begin with. Hi, what OS are you on? It is generally a user called Emby.
mastrmind11 718 Posted February 11, 2019 Posted February 11, 2019 just add the emby user to the group that has delete permission.
bill_j 0 Posted February 27, 2019 Author Posted February 27, 2019 Hi, Thank you for your answers. The user is indeed called "emby". I found it by checking the content of the file /etc/passwd I decided to make emby the owner of the media folder and it works fine now. Best regards.
Dhop84 1 Posted April 4, 2019 Posted April 4, 2019 I'm having this issue also. I'm on emby server for Nvidia shied
Luke 39003 Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 I'm having this issue also. I'm on emby server for Nvidia shied @@Dhop84, can you please describe your issue in more detail? Thanks !
BigSteve84 14 Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) I've had this happen as well, When I try to set a location for cache and try to change the default recorded shows location it keeps saying I need to give emby write access to the folder Edited April 5, 2019 by BigSteve84
Dhop84 1 Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) I sorted mine, I hadnt input the correct location of the folder I wanted Edited April 5, 2019 by Dhop84
Luke 39003 Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 I sorted mine, I hadnt input the correct location of the folder I wanted Thanks for the feedback.
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