sharing permissions inside plugins folder

[asw2012]

Hope this is in the right forum, I've successfully setup my plugins & DLNA server, I can see the DLNA over my network. In DLNA, it specifies where the media is. When I navigate to the folder from my windows machine and try to copy or create a folder, I get the good 'ol "you need permission to perform this action"

I'm very new when it comes to the freenas, and I know I need to change permissions for this folder to be able to read and write, I just cant not find where to change this.

thanks

 

[Prkl8r]

Still struggling with exactly how permissions work with mount points inside and outside of the jail but...

If you open up shell and run: jexec 1 csh (1 being the index of your jail) you are able to navigate the jail folders. You can then change permissions and ownership using the chmod, chown commands from the command line. Once done though, be sure to check your permissions back in the GUI.
I have found this to be a tug-of-war between what permissions I need as far as the cifs shares are concerned and what permissions the jail applications need to use. Hope that at least get's you started.

 

[asw2012]

thanks, ive gotten as far as seeing what index my jail is. now, being a complete noob, i am trying to set permissions for read/write on the directory "media" within my jail. I've found THIS page for chmod and chown, but its a bit cryptic to me. I just need access for my "user" so I can start dumping files in there.

Also, is there a way to mount this "media" folder in a different directory to other users can read and write to it? I don't want other users to have access to the jail directory.

If there is a way to mount the "media" directory in a different directory, what permissions prevail? the directory the "media" directory is mounted in?

hope all those questions make sense
thanks for the reply!

 

[asw2012]

ok, i've been able to create mount points for plugins with this video, and as the video states, i am able to create a file in the folder outside the plugin and it shows up inside the plugin too. But, this is all from the shell. If I try to create anything in both folders through windows... no go. need permission.