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Anyone know a good way to share files between self-hosted server and a local user? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/nix

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I download and store music in my home folder for my desktop user, but also would like to share it with my jellyfin server, but obviously I cannot select a folder from my home folder as a library folder.

Is there any simple and clean way to make this folder available on a server?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey there. LocalSend or SyncThing might be what you are looking for. Cheers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'm already using LocalSend and Syncthing to transfer files between devices (they work great!) But this was more meant as a question how to share files between the jellyfin user and my own local user on the same device. I want to avoid copying the files with syncthing or rsync.

I suppose the best option is to make a new folder somewhere on my computer and set the ownership to a user group. Then put my local user and the jellyfin user in that group so they can both access this folder.

And possibly symlink the folder to my home folder for easy access.

But I feel like I'm making it more complicated than it could be.