[Slackbuilds-users] Jellyfin problem

[Luveh Keraph]

This is something that I noticed quite a while ago, but forgot to report.
But, since it has bitten me again today, I think it is high time I reported
it.

The /etc/rc.d/rc.jellyfin file contains (among other things) the following
function:

start() {
if [ -x /opt/jellyfin/jellyfin/jellyfin ]; then
        if [ "$USER" = "" ]; then
                echo "Starting Jellyfin Media Server"
                /usr/bin/daemon --name=jellyfin
--pidfile=/var/run/jellyfin.pid
-- \
                /opt/jellyfin/jellyfin/jellyfin \
                -d $DATADIR \
                -C $CACHEDIR \
                -c $CONFIGDIR \
                -l $LOGDIR
        else
                echo "Starting Jellyfin Media Server"
                /usr/bin/daemon --name=jellyfin
--pidfile=/var/run/jellyfin.pid
-- \
                /opt/jellyfin/jellyfin/jellyfin \
                -d $DATADIR \
                -C $CACHEDIR \
                -c $CONFIGDIR \
                -l $LOGDIR \
                -u $USER:$GROUP
        fi
fi
}

When I launch this by hand from the command line as

   # /etc/rc.d/rc.jellyfin start

USER is set to root, and therefore the else block of the conditional. When
this happens the Jellyfin daemon won't start. Even more. nothing appears in
its log file as a result. I notice that GROUP is not set, but setting to it
root by hand makes no difference.

The only way I have been able to get the Jellyfin daemon to start is to
remove that -u $USER:GROUP line - effectively rendering the conditional
useless. I am not aware of any tweaks to my Jellyfin or root environments
that could account for this, and I have no clue why things don't work for
me with that -u line.
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