bigjay517
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- Jan 14, 2015
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Hello,
I have multiple datasets shared via SMB. I have mounted one dataset(media) root, and a sub-directory of my second dataset (backup) to my Plex jail. My goal is configure my Photos upload location to be set for the sub-directory in the backup dataset since that is was gets replicated and backed up offsite.
I have added the plex user and adapted its UID in the Accounts menu of FreeNAS. I have then added this user to the ACL of both datasets to have full control. I was able to set the permissions recursevly for the media dataset as there are no other users accessing the media. The backup dataset I am unable to set the permissions recursevly, because I do not want to change any of the permissions on the sub-directories. From this configuration(and I believe as expected) Plex is able to write to the media dataset mount point but not the mount point for the sub-directory in backup. I expect I manually need to give the plex user write permission to this sub-directory to allow writes.
I added the plex user with the Windows security menu in explorer. I noticed some differences in what FreeNAS(left) does, and what Windows(Right) does:
Even after making this change plex is still unable to write to the backup sub-directory. The main difference I see is that for the media dataset the plex user is not part of the FREENAS domain(?), but instead listed a Unix User. Where when I manually added plex it is part of the FREENAS domain. What are the differences between the FREENAS\plex user and the Unix User\plex user? Is there a way I can give write permissions to the Unix User\plex on just the sub-directory of the backup dataset without performing a recursive ACL update from the FreeNAS GUI?
Thanks for any information or tips!
I have multiple datasets shared via SMB. I have mounted one dataset(media) root, and a sub-directory of my second dataset (backup) to my Plex jail. My goal is configure my Photos upload location to be set for the sub-directory in the backup dataset since that is was gets replicated and backed up offsite.
I have added the plex user and adapted its UID in the Accounts menu of FreeNAS. I have then added this user to the ACL of both datasets to have full control. I was able to set the permissions recursevly for the media dataset as there are no other users accessing the media. The backup dataset I am unable to set the permissions recursevly, because I do not want to change any of the permissions on the sub-directories. From this configuration(and I believe as expected) Plex is able to write to the media dataset mount point but not the mount point for the sub-directory in backup. I expect I manually need to give the plex user write permission to this sub-directory to allow writes.
I added the plex user with the Windows security menu in explorer. I noticed some differences in what FreeNAS(left) does, and what Windows(Right) does:
Even after making this change plex is still unable to write to the backup sub-directory. The main difference I see is that for the media dataset the plex user is not part of the FREENAS domain(?), but instead listed a Unix User. Where when I manually added plex it is part of the FREENAS domain. What are the differences between the FREENAS\plex user and the Unix User\plex user? Is there a way I can give write permissions to the Unix User\plex on just the sub-directory of the backup dataset without performing a recursive ACL update from the FreeNAS GUI?
Thanks for any information or tips!
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