Installed Emby Server 4.7.14.0, resulted in failed to start.

[frankie64 9]

Installed update, failed to start. attempted restart and reinstall and failed, reverted back to .13 and all working again, syslog revealed the following:

Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: Error GlobalExceptionHandler: UnhandledException
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011System.AggregateException: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Access to th
e path '/var/lib/emby/logs' is denied.)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011 ---> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '/var/lib/emby/logs' is denied.
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011 ---> System.IO.IOException: Permission denied
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at System.IO.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(String fullPath)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.FileLogger..ctor(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.SimpleLogManager.ReloadLogger(LogSeverity severity, Ca
ncellationToken cancellationToken)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAllCore(Task[] tasks, Int32 millisecondsTimeout, Cancellat
ionToken cancellationToken)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAll(Task[] tasks)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at EmbyServer.Program.Main(String[] args)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011Source: System.Private.CoreLib
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011TargetSite: Void ThrowAggregateException(System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Exception])
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011InnerException: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '/var/lib/emby/logs' is d
enied.
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011Source: System.Private.CoreLib
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011TargetSite: Void CreateDirectory(System.String)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at System.IO.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(String fullPath)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.FileLogger..ctor(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.SimpleLogManager.ReloadLogger(LogSeverity severity, Ca
ncellationToken cancellationToken)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011InnerException: System.IO.IOException: Permission denied
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011Source:
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011TargetSite:
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: #011
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: UnhandledException
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: System.AggregateException: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Access to the pa
th '/var/lib/emby/logs' is denied.)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:  ---> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '/var/lib/emby/logs' is denied.
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:  ---> System.IO.IOException: Permission denied
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at System.IO.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(String fullPath)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.FileLogger..ctor(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.SimpleLogManager.ReloadLogger(LogSeverity severity, Cancel
lationToken cancellationToken)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAllCore(Task[] tasks, Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationT
oken cancellationToken)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAll(Task[] tasks)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at EmbyServer.Program.Main(String[] args)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: Source: System.Private.CoreLib
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: TargetSite: Void ThrowAggregateException(System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Exception])
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: InnerException: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '/var/lib/emby/logs' is denie
d.
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: Source: System.Private.CoreLib
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: TargetSite: Void CreateDirectory(System.String)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at System.IO.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(String fullPath)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.FileLogger..ctor(String path)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]:    at Emby.Server.Implementations.Logging.SimpleLogManager.ReloadLogger(LogSeverity severity, Cancel
lationToken cancellationToken)
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: InnerException: System.IO.IOException: Permission denied
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: Source:
Aug 26 14:02:59 emby2-OptiPlex-7060 emby-server[2470]: TargetSite:
 

[Luke 42078]

Hi, is this a very old installation?

[frankie64 9]

God I have been running this install now for 3+ years.  Just upgrading it every time a new version comes out.

 

[Luke 42078]

Could be related to your old report about this:

We have been trying to deprecate old code of ours that touches the old path that we used to use, because it can cause other issues.

Does /var/lib/emby exist for you?

[crookedview 1]

I also had an issue upgrading an older (couple years at least) install from 4.7.13.0 to 4.7.14.0 where my Emby server started from defaults and I had to go through setup again.  Reinstalled 4.7.13.0 and it picked up my old config again.

[frankie64 9]

NO here are the emby dirs I have:
drwxr-xr-x 10 emby          emby          4.0K Jun  3  2022 emby-old
drwxr-xr-x 12 emby          emby          4.0K Apr 22 20:17 emby-server
 

 

[crookedview 1]

For what it's worth, I do have both /var/lib/emby and /var/lib/emby-server.

[alucryd 315]

Hi guys, please stop the emby-server service, rename the `/var/lib/emby-server` directory to `/var/lib/emby` and start the service again, should get you back on your feet.

It's okay to delete `/var/lib/emby` before, it's automatically created when it's not found, please make sure the directory you rename still belongs to the `emby` user though.

[Q-Droid 989]

Perhaps rename instead of delete and create backups just in case. Then clean up after everything is working again.

[frankie64 9]

Copied emby-server to emby-old, mv emby-server to emby, ran 4.7.14 upgrade, everything working fine.!!!!

 

Thanks very much