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Cannot Update App
Hi everyone, I/m back once more with a new issue. I am unable to update my one and only app I have on the ReadyNas Ultra 6 Every time I go and upload the updated file the NAS proceeds to prepare th...
niallryan wrote:Ah, my apologies. I am looking to move the Plex view state / ratings and users databases. When I run the FTP (Cyberduck in my case) it attempts to connect to the ReadyNas Ultra 6 and I get the following error :
Got it. I tried that once from my NAS -> Windows, and it didn't go that well. Among other issues the file paths were very long (too long for Windows to manage them). Using ssh to zip the folder (and then copying the zip) worked better, but I still ended up just rebuilding the libraries and re-doing the tags, etc that the plex match couldn't handle. More recently I ran into similar challenges when trying to migrate the databases from one Windows PC to another. So my conclusion overall is that it is easier (though annoying) just to start from scratch.
Anywway, another name for FTP-SSL is SFTP. You could try using that protocol with FileZilla instead, and see if that works out better. If you are comfortable using SSH then you could use my trick (creating a zip file of //data/.apps/plexmediaserver, and then putting that in an ordinary share).
Hi again - apologies for taking so long to reply and thank you for everything to date. Seemingly upon ready the latest update to Plex which has a PLEASE NOTE statement at the beginning BUT it lists fixes and changes also and one of those is a fix to complete a Plex update for those on older Debian systems - Horrayy !!! LOL
But since speaking to you last I decided to stop Plex running on my Netgear NAS's (all of them) and run Plex server on my Mac Mini (M2) and that connects to the NAS's and everything running smoothly........UNTIL 🙂
I am using docker with Sonarr etc on the Mac mini to organise my data and seemingly I have folders and sub folders on the NAS which hold the data etc etc but a lot of these folders are giving Sonarr permission issues due to a file called ._.DS_Store which is a hidden file located on several folders.
I need to make this file unhidden in order to remove it. I believe the file is harmless to my data as it only holds folder attributes information.
Regards
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Do you have "Enhance MacOS" checked in system->settings->SMB?
As I think you know, I don't have any Macs. I don't know the implications of removing the folder, but you should be able to do that from the NAS web ui (Shares->Browse). This could be done recursively by ssh (which might be easier if you have a lot of folders).
But the Mac likely will re-create them. I believe you can prevent that by modifying the "veto files" line in /etc/frontview/smb.conf.defaults to include /._*/.DS_Store/ but that is not something I've ever tried. You'd need to reboot the NAS after making that change.
StephenB wrote:I don't know the implications of removing the folder, but you should be able to do that from the NAS web ui (Shares->Browse). This could be done recursively by ssh (which might be easier if you have a lot of folders).
Actually, you can't remove it using the GUI because the GUI does not "see" hidden files or folders (those that start with a . in Linux). I believe they are also hidden on a Mac, which is why you don't see them via SMB on one. They are visible in Windows if you select "show hidden folders". You will have re-name or delete them via SSH or with an SMB or other client that can see them. At least on Windows, Filezilla does see hidden files via FTP and can rename or delete them.
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