bill_j 0 Posted February 10, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37133 Posted February 10, 2019 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 just add the emby user to the group that has delete permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_j 0 Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37133 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Thanks for the feedback ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhop84 1 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I'm having this issue also. I'm on emby server for Nvidia shied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37133 Posted April 5, 2019 Share 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSteve84 14 Posted April 5, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhop84 1 Posted April 5, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37133 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I sorted mine, I hadnt input the correct location of the folder I wanted Thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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