Post Adbfn65p8topYSRoqu by SemiNorwegian@noagendasocial.com
(DIR) More posts by SemiNorwegian@noagendasocial.com
(DIR) Post #Adbfn1LwlWkEr0x7my by SemiNorwegian@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T17:00:53Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@BigSkyRider My Beelink arrived earlier this week!I got the drive wiped and installed Mint. For file management I got a FTP user with limited folder access, while SFTP should work fine for full access.I'm trying to get PLEX to work, but I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around permissions and whatnot. Resulting in me not getting any media to show in Plex.I tried looking at the guide, and running CHMOD 755 for my folder, but I got nothing back in terminal, and no change in PLEX.
(DIR) Post #Adbfn29vlgj9M2L2hM by SemiNorwegian@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T17:17:01Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@BigSkyRider I've got the supposed PLEX library here: /home/xxx/PLEX.If I try navigating to that location in the PLEX UI, I only get to home/xxx/ with no folders displayed.I tried moving a movie to the Libarry folder located at /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library, but I'm guessing this is not Library as in "media library". In any case, I did not have permission to copy a file to that location.
(DIR) Post #Adbfn2tf1fJ5drjYye by Murray_N@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T17:33:00Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @BigSkyRider Maybe something here….https://askubuntu.com/questions/918379/what-is-the-main-difference-between-chmod-and-chown
(DIR) Post #Adbfn4H5u1e5uphn8q by Murray_N@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T17:35:46Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @BigSkyRider Also check that your chmod is propagated down to the files and not just the folder.
(DIR) Post #Adbfn65p8topYSRoqu by SemiNorwegian@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T17:59:40Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Murray_N @BigSkyRider Is there some command, or way to check permissions?I am totally new when it comes to Linux, and I'm just glad I've gotten as far as I have.Initially the folders where empty, but I put one file in there just for testing.Even if the CHMOD had NOT propegated down through all the files, shouldn't at least the FOLDER itself show up in PLEX UI?
(DIR) Post #Adbfn6us56eU6mKaQ4 by BigSkyRider@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-07T15:27:16Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @Murray_N to see the file/folder permissions and hidden files a useful command is: ls -lha /pathfor recursively setting the permissions: chmod -R 755 /pathfor recursively setting the file owner/group chown -R username:groupname /pathWhat you probably need is a symlink ln -s /home/xxx/PLEX /var/lib/plexmediaserver/which will make your PLEX folder appear in the /var/lib/plexmediaserver folder linked to your home folder version.
(DIR) Post #AdbfsY5UUENzpItKG8 by BigSkyRider@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-07T15:28:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @Murray_N I think after you get the symlink created that should work, if not then the plexmediaserver user needs to be added to your xxx user group.
(DIR) Post #Adbhz3LBOvT8OzSbWy by Murray_N@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T18:06:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @BigSkyRider I’m not familiar with plex and haven’t run a pc in about 4 years so my linux fu is rusty.I think you need to make sure your plex user and/or group (if there is one) owns the folder AND the files inside.You probably also need to use sudo on your chmod command.You could temporarily set the folder and at least one file globally wide open with sudo chmod 777 and test it.Or temporary run plex as root.
(DIR) Post #Adbhz4NLYMnHbzTqXg by SemiNorwegian@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T19:07:22Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Murray_N The PLEX installation guide mentions "The Plex Media Server runs as the user “plex” by default.".I went to Users and Groups in Mint settings.Under users I find my "main" user, as well as a dummy user.No PLEX. If I hit the "GROUPS" tab, I can find PLEX way down in the list. I don't know what this will help. Or how I proceed from here.And, thank you for taking your time for this. Even if your fu might be rusty!
(DIR) Post #Adbhz5276nP5eQYP5M by Murray_N@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T18:11:20Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @BigSkyRider ls -lR (your directory or one level up from it)Thats a lower case L, not an ILists everything in that directory in list format and recurses down the directory structure from there.https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/computing/linux/unixinfo/ls
(DIR) Post #Adbhz5CkTFuWBPWtf6 by Murray_N@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T19:10:20Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian Well it is slowly coming back to me with a little brave search help.Try typing whoami to check what user you are running as.There are probably switches to add for more info.
(DIR) Post #Adbhz6CQlvFbGiO9o0 by BigSkyRider@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-07T15:51:52Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Murray_N @SemiNorwegian ... ok caught up on the thread, fun times.this link has a good review of the permissions/commands you've been going through.https://gist.github.com/pjobson/3811b73740a3a09597511c18be845a6cif you still need to add user to group:usermod -aG <group> <user>I think you might need to add the plex user, to your home user group which would look likeusermod -aG xxx plexI suspect the gui doesn't show "system" users, which plex likely is running as.
(DIR) Post #Adbhz6Y3TWY2LmVQVk by Murray_N@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-05T18:14:59Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @BigSkyRider You also may not have the directory plex is looking for.There is probably a way to set the directory or a command to launch plex with it pointed at a specific directory temporarily.
(DIR) Post #AdbwFHRDLzHnX6X8C0 by SemiNorwegian@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-07T18:12:45Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@BigSkyRider @Murray_N Thanks agaiin for the input. I have bookmarked multiple posts so I can save them in case I need to start over and run into the same issues.Are there any recommended (free) remote desktop from Windows to Linux? I tried xrdp. I was shown a login window that would not accept the credentials of the Beelink computer. Which I assume is "xxx" and its password.It would be great to not have to bust out the extra monitor when I want to view its desktop environment.
(DIR) Post #AdbwFOKNjmyotwOH0y by BigSkyRider@noagendasocial.com
2024-01-07T18:21:10Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@SemiNorwegian @Murray_N VNC is the standard go to for your use-case. Install the server on the linux system, install the client in windows and then you can interact with the linux destop comparable to an rdp session. There are a few vnc packages to choose from one of these paths should work:https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-22-04https://www.howtogeek.com/devops/how-to-connect-with-vnc-to-a-linux-computer-across-the-network/for the windows clients I've used tightvnc, but there are some forks and different projects as well.https://www.tightvnc.com/https://tigervnc.org/