I recently installed Mint on an older laptop for running a Jellyfin server. It's mostly working, but I've been hitting a wall with permissions. I want to download files directly to an external hard drive connected to my laptop, but I keep getting 'Permission Denied' errors no matter which chmod commands I try. Right now, I have to download everything to the Downloads folder and then move it to the hard drive using sudo, which is super frustrating. How can I give applications, like QBitTorrent, the permissions they need to write directly to that hard drive?
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First off, it's essential to know what filesystem your external drive is using. Since you mentioned it’s msdos, that can complicate things a bit. You'll also want to check how Jellyfin is running — is it under your user account or a separate user? It’s possibly mounted incorrectly, which could lead to your permissions issues. You can set the necessary ownership and permissions so that your user can access the drive directly. It might require some tweaks on how the drive gets mounted. Let me know if you need help with that!
It is indeed msdos. I wasn’t sure about the user setup; I kind of just went with the defaults during installation. What’s the best way to mount it correctly or adjust those permissions?