how to write enable calibredb on mac osx

dappydoo · 05-28-2020, 03:46 PM

Could someone help a newbie at calibre?

I've been trying to enable write access to calibredb.

I have researched on the internet and repeatedly I see, - - enable-local-write and - - enable-auth.

However no-one explains how you actually do this. If I'm running calibre and start the content server, it doesn't give me the option.

I tried via the CLI but to no avail. I'm not even sure of the syntax.

Please help!!

kovidgoyal · 05-28-2020, 10:07 PM

Preferences->Sharing over the net->Advanced->Allow un-authenticated local connections to make changes

dappydoo · 05-29-2020, 08:03 AM

Thanks for your reply, kovidgoyal. Unfortunately I have tried this previously and i am still unable to write to calibredb. In fact, I think I've tried every combination of options for authentication in the GUI but to no avail.

kovidgoyal · 05-29-2020, 08:05 AM

How are you invoking calibredb?

dappydoo · 05-31-2020, 08:07 AM

I'm using LazyLibrarian.

https://lazylibrarian.gitlab.io/config_processing/

kovidgoyal · 05-31-2020, 08:11 AM

I have no idea what that is. But it needs to invoke calibredb connecting on localhost, like this

calibredb --with-library=http://localhost:8080/#library_id

if it does that, write access will work fine.

dappydoo · 06-02-2020, 11:40 AM

Thanks again for your reply. I'm still not having any luck but I'll continue to investigate.

05-28-2020, 03:46 PM	#1
dappydoo Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: kindle	how to write enable calibredb on mac osx Could someone help a newbie at calibre? I've been trying to enable write access to calibredb. I have researched on the internet and repeatedly I see, - - enable-local-write and - - enable-auth. However no-one explains how you actually do this. If I'm running calibre and start the content server, it doesn't give me the option. I tried via the CLI but to no avail. I'm not even sure of the syntax. Please help!!

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05-28-2020, 10:07 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,343 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Preferences->Sharing over the net->Advanced->Allow un-authenticated local connections to make changes

05-29-2020, 08:03 AM	#3
dappydoo Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: kindle	Thanks for your reply, kovidgoyal. Unfortunately I have tried this previously and i am still unable to write to calibredb. In fact, I think I've tried every combination of options for authentication in the GUI but to no avail.

05-29-2020, 08:05 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,343 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	How are you invoking calibredb?

05-31-2020, 08:07 AM	#5
dappydoo Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: kindle	I'm using LazyLibrarian. https://lazylibrarian.gitlab.io/config_processing/

05-31-2020, 08:11 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,343 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I have no idea what that is. But it needs to invoke calibredb connecting on localhost, like this calibredb --with-library=http://localhost:8080/#library_id if it does that, write access will work fine.

06-02-2020, 11:40 AM	#7
dappydoo Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: kindle	Thanks again for your reply. I'm still not having any luck but I'll continue to investigate.

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