-I AM NOW UP AND RUNNING WITH 8.3- !
fbachofner wrote: > > As a test: > > > > - I chmod-ed a music subdirectory and all its files to 0774 and LMS > can ALSO not scan that folder. - I chmod-ed a music subdirectory and all its files to 0777 and LMS > can ALSO not scan that folder. > > > > > > > It looks like I may have -somehow- initiated the library scan before > properly (ahem!) invoking the chmod. > > I can scan libraries and operate LMS with 0750 permissions or 0770 or > various other permutations. > > > IT SEEMS THE SIGNIFICANT \"LIMITATION\" IS THAT THE RELEVANT GROUP > -MUST- HAVE -EXECUTE- PERMISSIONS IN THE LIBRARY'S FOLDERS. > > > While requiring write permissions on the -playlist- folder certainly > makes sense (since LMS can save playlists), I'm not sure execute > permissions in folders are logical for use of the music library. > > > It would be nice to find documentation on this. > > > If that is not available, can someone (perhaps @'mherger' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?50-mherger)) provide the > logic behind this? > > > > It seems LMS will run with -music files- with permissions set to 0640 > (i.e. owner/group rw/r ) which together with locking out group from > writes (i.e. 0750) at least lets the library tree stay -fairly- > secured. ------------------------------------------------- I help administer various Squeezeboxes (mostly Classic / SB3 and Touch) typically running against LMS 7.9x on LinuxMint 20.x or Ubuntu 20.04.x ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fbachofner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66214 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115426 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
