emby group now nonexistent after sudo apt-get purge emby-server

[Styromaniac 0]

You know how you can delete files from emby if you set folder and its contents permitted group to emby? Well, that disappears if you ```sudo apt-get purge emby-server``` and shows up as 998 if you reinstall emby. The emby group needs to be brought back somehow.

Linux Mint 20.2

Edited December 28, 2021 by Styromaniac
Forgot to add operating system detail.

[kpfleming 3]

This is completely normal and expected behavior. The emby-server package created the group when it was installed, and if that package is *purged* (not just uninstalled) the group will be removed.

[Styromaniac 0]

3 hours ago, kpfleming said:

This is completely normal and expected behavior. The emby-server package created the group when it was installed, and if that package is *purged* (not just uninstalled) the group will be removed.

I need it to be recreated on reinstall.

[kpfleming 3]

It should be, and your post says it was.

[chowbok 132]

It might have created the group with a different gid when you reinstalled. What does "getent group emby" return?

[Styromaniac 0]

3 hours ago, chowbok said:

It might have created the group with a different gid when you reinstalled. What does "getent group emby" return?

emby:x:998:

[chowbok 132]

Not sure, then, why your files aren't showing group ownership. It looks like the GID matches.

[Q-Droid 989]

10 hours ago, Styromaniac said:

emby:x:998:

Perhaps posting a sample of your directory listing (ls -la) from a terminal session might help.