running calibre-server via launchd on macOS Big Sur

[bhyde]

I have been running calibre-server via launchd for a while now, but not since upgrading to Big Sur.

I have a brief wrapper script (in bash). That works fine if I invoke it directly, but not when the launchd service uses it. I spy:

Failed to open userdb database at /Users/.../Documents/calibre/users.sqlite with error: CantOpenError: unable to open database file

Which suggests Big Sur is try to protect me. As an experiment I tried granting full disk access but no luck.

Any suggetions? Does this work for anybody else? Thanks! - ben

[kovidgoyal]

Move the user db somewhere apple will allow it. and specify the new path as a command line option to calibre-server

[bhyde]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Move the user db somewhere apple will allow it. and specify the new path as a command line option to calibre-server

That worked. I wish I knew were "somewhere apple will allow it" is documented, but this worked:

~/.config/calibre-server/users.sqlite

worked