For Linux, you must grant the Emby system user at least read access to your storage locations

[lmntrix 2]

Can anyone help me?

i have chaletos linux ( ubuntu12.04) installed on my pc. the disk on my pc has 2 partitions, 1 linux and 1 ntfs.

the path to my ntsf drivee is /media/chaletos/emby.

on emby when i click onthe path, nothing appears... how can o configure emby to access my ntfs drive?

when i try to change the permissions on the drive properties nothing happens... not even if i give sudo to nautilus or thunlar

 

[NomadCF 15]

First you'll need to make sure that your emby user account has access all the way up thru /media/chaletos/emby and then you'll want to make sure that same user account can access the files in the mount. Simplest method to change emby's user account shell to bash,sh,etc and allow them su into to and try to access the giles on your NTFS mount.

 

If your mounting with a variant of ntfs-3g you need to make sure to add the options "permissions" and "users" to the mount point.

[thefirstofthe300 292]

First you'll need to make sure that your emby user account has access all the way up thru /media/chaletos/emby and then you'll want to make sure that same user account can access the files in the mount. Simplest method to change emby's user account shell to bash,sh,etc and allow them su into to and try to access the giles on your NTFS mount.

 

If your mounting with a variant of ntfs-3g you need to make sure to add the options "permissions" and "users" to the mount point.

Changing the shell is not necessary. If you take a look at the stickied thread about file permissions, you will see that there is a limitation with NTFS that require s permissions to be set when the drive is mounted. Please refer to the stickied thread for details on how to fix this.

 

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[NomadCF 15]

Changing the shell is not necessary. If you take a look at the stickied thread about file permissions, you will see that there is a limitation with NTFS that require s permissions to be set when the drive is mounted. Please refer to the stickied thread for details on how to fix this.

 

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Actually if you fallow the idea behind my post, you do need to change the shell. As the standard shell for the emby account in /bin/false which would stop a user from "su" into the user account to "check" their permissions "down" the path to ensure emby can reach said directory and files. For new comers to linux this has been a proven method which allows them to "hands on" see and check the results of their permissions. They can switch the shell back after they're done and even if they forget to change he shell back the account is password denied. So no one could login as emby anyways.  

 

This is not at all meant to say that the information in the wiki isn't right or even that it won't solve this issue. But how one can go about learning more about their system and how to interact and better trouble shoot issues with it.  

[hurricanehrndz 149]

Actually if you fallow the idea behind my post, you do need to change the shell. As the standard shell for the emby account in /bin/false which would stop a user from "su" into the user account to "check" their permissions "down" the path to ensure emby can reach said directory and files. For new comers to linux this has been a proven method which allows them to "hands on" see and check the results of their permissions. They can switch the shell back after they're done and even if they forget to change he shell back the account is password denied. So no one could login as emby anyways.  

 

This is not at all meant to say that the information in the wiki isn't right or even that it won't solve this issue. But how one can go about learning more about their system and how to interact and better trouble shoot issues with it.  

not necessary, you can execute a shell from a sudo command.

[NomadCF 15]

not necessary, you can execute a shell from a sudo command.

 

The point was to get these new users to explorer and learn more about their systems. Yes the shortcut with "su" and "-s" will allow you override the shell and access  the account. But by taking these short cuts they're losing a great deal of potential knowledge about how all this works. 

 

It's like how the redhat training courses used to be, you'd come to class and they'd tell you what you needed to do that day. But first you had to get your machine up and running that day (I think by favorite was when they set the inittab to runlevel 6)

 

 

 

We are all learners and we are all teachers. 

[lmntrix 2]

i seem to be doing something wrong... is there any tutorial on to give emby the permissions to access any drive? ntfs or otherwise?