Network Path Problems

[BP_Tec 0]

Hi all,

 

So I'm having problems setting up my library on only one of my drives. I know this is probably a permissions issue, but I just cant figure out what the problem is.

 

 

These are my media locations, the first two work fine, but the USER_DATA drive does not, and i get the error.

All locations are accessible from my Linux machine.

 

/home/alex/Videos

/mnt/BACKUP_DRIVE/media

/mnt/USER_DATA/media1

 

/home/user/Videos

drwxr-xr-x 6 alex alex 4096 Jun 22 15:43 Videos

 

/mnt/BACKUP_DRIVE/media

drwxr-xr-x  2 root    root    4096 Jun 23 12:23 media

 

/mnt/USER_DATA/media1

drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     4096 Jun 23 12:23 media1

 

 

If i change the owner and group on media1 to alex, i still get the same issue

chown alex:alex media1

 

drwxr-xr-x   2 alex alex  4096 Jun 23 12:23 media1
 

If I change it to emby:emby still exactly the same error. I also restated the emby service after each attempt.

So any help at all in understanding what is happening here would be awesome.

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

[mastrmind11 722]

are all 3 shared the same way?  mounted the same way?  network shares?

[BP_Tec 0]

Ah I think i discovered the issue...

 

on the root of /mnt/USER_DATA there was no (group) and (all) permissions set.

drwx------ 16 alex alex 4096 Jun 23 12:23 USER_DATA

 

After trying different restrictive permissions, it looks like at the very minimum, the permissions need to be 755

/mnt/USER_DATA/media1

 

Could someone confirm that the emby account lies under the (all) group?

[BP_Tec 0]

Actually those permission needed to be applied to /mnt/USER_DATA

[Luke 39664]

Did that resolve it?

[BP_Tec 0]

Yes it all worked out, thanks :-)

[BP_Tec 0]

What are the minimum permissions that the emby group requires for a library it to operate?

It obviously needs read permission, but does it also need write and execute?

 

I'm guessing write is only needed if it need to store metadata or thumbs...

Edited June 23, 2019 by BP_Tec

[Luke 39664]

I'm guessing write is only needed if it need to store metadata or thumbs...

 

Correct. If not, then read is enough. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

[BP_Tec 0]

When I remove the execute permission I cant play my files, so I guess it needs at a minimum, Read and Execute ?

Edited June 23, 2019 by BP_Tec

[Q-Droid 856]

The emby user needs access to every directory along the path to the final directory with the media files. This comes up often enough that it should be included in bold letters in a sticky.

 

All directories need 'r' and 'x' in order for any user to access them.

 

If you want emby to be able to create files in the directory then write permissions are also needed in the specific directory. This could be done with ownership or group access or everyone access.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Q-Droid