Plex does not work with DB directory on mounted USB stick

    Hi,


    OVM 1.16 on Cubietruck.
    Actual Plex plugin.


    - Installed Plugin, selected DB directory ("Datenbank Verzeichnis") on hard disk -> works.
    - Changed volume ("Datenbank Datenträger") to other hard disk in plex settings -> works.
    - Changed volume to other mounted USB stick -> does not work. (/etc/init.d/plexmediaserver status says it's not running even after start)


    Is there a certain reason for that?
    Stick is also ext4 formatted.
    Stick should not be corrupt!?


    Thanks in advance!

    Run this and see if home directory for plex user matches database location (plexmediaserver folder):
    grep plex /etc/passwd


    Also, did you check that the plexmediaserver folder is chown plex:nogroup ???

    cubie@Cubian:~$ grep plex /etc/passwd
    plex:x:120:65534::/media/-theusbstickmount-/plexmediaserver:/bin/bash


    ==
    drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Apr 1 18:07 plexmediaserver
    ==


    sudo chown plex:nogroup plexmediaserver
    drwxrwxrwx 3 plex nogroup 4096 Apr 1 18:07 plexmediaserver


    ==



    cubie@Cubian:/media$ sudo /etc/init.d/plexmediaserver start
    Starting Plex Media Server: done
    cubie@Cubian:/media/$ sudo /etc/init.d/plexmediaserver status
    It seems that Plex Media Server isn't running (no process found).



    :/

    No like this:


    chown -R plex:nogroup plexmediaserver


    Then try to start... You need the -R so the changes will recurse down into all the subfolders/files.


    You don't need to use sudo in Debian when you are signed in as root.

    Code
    cubie@Cubian:/media/42ac4cc6-f85d-4e09-82bf-78fc46ddb41a$ sudo omv-showkey plexmediaserver
    <plexmediaserver>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <db-folder>/media/42ac4cc6-f85d-4e09-82bf-78fc46ddb41a/plexmediaserver</db-folder>
      <mntentref>6180eaa6-5d45-4c2d-b6fa-b7085070f1d2</mntentref>
      <showtab>1</showtab>
    </plexmediaserver>


    ...where 42ac... is the usbstickmount.
    not sure about mntentref id!?

    Still a hard disk connected. I can switch in the plugin settings to another volume (hard disk). If I do so it works (plex available and functional).


    btw: thx for your effort!

    I found a post where a guy got it working on a usb stick. He formatted it as reiserfs. Still looking...



    Did you make an entry in fstab with ext4 usb stick and reboot? How did you mount the usb stick?

    How did I mount? Via OMV


    How the fstab looks like:

    Code
    cubie@Cubian:/media/42ac4cc6-f85d-4e09-82bf-78fc46ddb41a$ cat /etc/fstab
# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM
#<file system>    <mount point>    <type>    <options>    <dump>    <pass>
...
# >>> [openmediavault]
...
UUID=42ac4cc6-f85d-4e09-82bf-78fc46ddb41a /media/42ac4cc6-f85d-4e09-82bf-78fc46ddb41a ext4 defaults,nofail,user_xattr,noexec,usrjquota=aquota.user,grpjquota=aquota.group,jqfmt=vfsv0,acl 0 2
# <<< [openmediavault]

    Finally I got it!


    Permissions on the mount path were "wrong". Was another user and group, changed it to root:root and changed to 755
    ==
    cubie@Cubian:/media$ ls -al
    drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Apr 2 02:23 42ac4cc6-f85d-4e09-82bf-78fc46ddb41a
    ==


    Again thx for your effort!


    ps: did reset the fstab (with parameter noexec).

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