Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

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detxm80
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Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

Post by detxm80 »

I guys, i always follow this guide: https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/la ... drive.html and all gone alway ok.
Now on ubuntu i install zoneminder and i get permission error and i get crazy to known where is the problem:

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Can't mkdir /media/sdb1/zoneminder/events /8/2018-12-20/41: No such file or directory

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Failed creating mp4 file: /media/sdb1/zoneminder/events /8/2018-12-20/41/41-video.mp4
Can you help me to solve it?
Thanks a lot
bbunge
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Re: Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

Post by bbunge »

Check the install procedure in the wiki.
detxm80
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Re: Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

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I do it, i use the easy way zm-install script..i already use this method without problem, but now i get this error and i don t understand why
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Re: Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

Post by iconnor »

there is clearly an extra space in the storage area path.

I will have have to add code to strip it out.

For now you can just edit the path and get rid of that trailing space
mikb
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Re: Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

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Of course you can't just strip *all* spaces out, as some people actually use them! (Although a trailing space like that is evil ...)

How do you know which spaces to strip? :)
detxm80
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Re: Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

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nothing to do, try to use another hdd and not have persmission to write ...
why?
i want to write here:

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user@ubuntu-server:/media/sdb1/zoneminder$ ls -lh
totale 8,0K
drwxrwxr-x 2 www-data www-data 4,0K dic 22 23:18 events
drwxrwxr-x 2 www-data www-data 4,0K dic 22 23:18 images
i always follow this guide https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/la ... drive.html without problem.
Can you help me?
mikb
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Re: Zoneminder permission problem 1.32.3

Post by mikb »

Have you fixed the error in the path you are using yet? Somewhere you have accidentally added a space to the end of the "path to store events" entry and ended up with this ...

/media/sdb1/zoneminder/events /8/2018-12-20/41

This path does not exist: You have a directory called "events" and are trying to write one called "events[SPACE]" which is a legitimate (but non existant and potentially really confusing) filename.
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