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toddos · 05-22-2010, 08:04 PM

I think I have it working. I didn't want to have to give rw permissions to Network Service on metadata.db, but that seems to be the only way to make it work.

So, recapping:

Move config to a different location using CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY, prepopulate it with the existing configuration files, and give Network Service rw access to the folder
Give Network Service read access to your library path (file system and share)
Give Network Service rw access to the database path. I actually did it at the folder level, but you might be able to do it at the file level. Also, because the database apparently needs rw access but I don't want to give write access to the library itself this is another good reason to separate the database from the library.

I really don't like that calibre-server, ostensibly a read-only process, has to have rw access to the database in order to run. Any thoughts on changing that? Should I file a ticket?

05-22-2010, 08:04 PM	#18
toddos Guru Posts: 695 Karma: 822675 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo Aura, Nokia Lumia 920 (Freda)	I think I have it working. I didn't want to have to give rw permissions to Network Service on metadata.db, but that seems to be the only way to make it work. So, recapping: Move config to a different location using CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY, prepopulate it with the existing configuration files, and give Network Service rw access to the folder Give Network Service read access to your library path (file system and share) Give Network Service rw access to the database path. I actually did it at the folder level, but you might be able to do it at the file level. Also, because the database apparently needs rw access but I don't want to give write access to the library itself this is another good reason to separate the database from the library. I really don't like that calibre-server, ostensibly a read-only process, has to have rw access to the database in order to run. Any thoughts on changing that? Should I file a ticket?