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    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Can someone show me a simple way to share an external drive to Jellyfin in Ubuntu? It’s the last part I’m missing from my setup

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          2 months ago

          USB formatted to FAT32

          The file path will not work in Jellyfin.

          I’ve tried using the terminal to set a mount point that Jellyfin can use. Apparently the problem is that Jellyfin runs as its own user and so can’t see USB drives that my account connects.

          …or something…? I’ve been trying off-and-on for months. I’m only a dabbler in Linux; getting this set up with an old laptop is my attempt to learn.

          I’m so confused please help.

          • SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            You need to:

            • create the mountpoint
            • mount the drive to the mountpoint
            • Give Jellyfin permissions to access the files there

            Since you are using FAT32 which does not support file level permissions I guess this will show up as ‘owned by root’. You will need to do something like this or this