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[Bug]: Permissions issue, even when granted highest possible permissions. #2739
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Originally created by @ObscenityIB on GitHub (Apr 29, 2025).
What happened?
Permission denied, even when all possible permission is granted.
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getfacl
this repeats recursively until reaching outside the 'Libation' directory
What did you expect to happen?
File reads/transcodes as normal and audio is heard.
Steps to reproduce the issue
find /home/obscenity/Documents/Libation/ -type f -exec chmod 00666 {} \;find /home/obscenity/Documents/Libation/ -type d -exec chmod 00777 {} \;setfacl -R -d -m u:audiobookshelf:rwx /home/obscenity/Documents/Libation/Audiobookshelf version
v2.21.0
How are you running audiobookshelf?
Built from source
What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from?
Linux
If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?
None
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Things used to work fine, but for the past few months I've been unable to use ABS because of this permissions issue, I've been using VLC instead.
Originally, I had issues in Firefox, while the Android app worked fine.
Testing lately, I'm unable to play audio in Firefox, Chrome, or the Android app.
I've seen similar issues and abandoned threads, but nothing specific to this.
Oddly, it also seems it can't even read files/directories completely owned by itself?
@Vito0912 commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2025):
These look somewhat like corrupt files.
ABS is trying to transcode them for your client, even though they are m4b files. ABS only tries to do this if the client does not support the file format. So, unless you have a unique configuration with this file, m4b files should be supported by Chrome and Android.
To check, could you please try playing the file using a basic player? VLC works with almost everything, so it's not the best for troubleshooting.
Also, you can try accessing the file as the audiobookshelf user. Your permissions seem correct, but to completely rule out any permission issues, you should still try this.
@ObscenityIB commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2025):
Still has a permissions issue when running from the ABS user.
VLC works fine from the normal user, even the ffmpeg command ABS is using works fine.
@Vito0912 commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2025):
This is most likely a problem with your configuration and not with ABS. The audiobookshelf user needs to have access to the files.
It is still strange that it tries to transcode them, but that could be because it cannot access the files.
Edit: I just noticed you save your files in /home. The issue is probably with how you have set up permissions. I cannot find the exact source right now, but I am pretty sure that even if the user has permission to access the files, they will not be able to access or see the files if the parent directories do not have the correct permissions.
Edit2: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/436775/accessing-file-in-restricted-directory
https://superuser.com/questions/1320569/linux-permission-of-parent-directory-more-restrictive-than-child-is-normal (first comment)
@ObscenityIB commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2025):
My home partition is the largest, so that's where everything is.
I edited the library location to
/home/shared/Booksowned byroot:booksand added both users to thebooksgroup.ABS decided that changing a library path is cause for erasing all data, without prompting, so I'll have to go through and put everything back how it was.
But hey, it works now, thanks for helping me get there, much appreciated.