Ubuntu server 22.04 LTS minimserver will not start automatically

[AudioDoctor]

Furthermore, it requires "sudo" to do so at all, manually or I get errors.

When I try "minimserver/bin/startc" I get this error:

jason@musicserver:~$ cd /home
jason@musicserver:/home$ minimserver/bin/startc
Error locking configuration lock file /home/minimserver/data/minimserver.config.lock
jason@musicserver:/home$

and when I try "minimserver/bin/startd" I get this error:

jason@musicserver:~$ cd /home
jason@musicserver:/home$ minimserver/bin/startd
touch: cannot touch '/home/minimserver/data/minimserver.start': Permission denied
minimserver/bin/startd: 193: cannot create /home/minimserver/data/minimserver.pid: Permission denied
minimserver/bin/startd: 172: cannot create /home/minimserver/data/minimserver.pid: Permission denied
minimserver/bin/startd: 167: cannot create /home/minimserver/data/minimserver-out.log: Permission denied
MinimServer 2.2 update 240, Copyright © 2012-2023 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.
starting MinimServer[musicserver]
MinimServer[musicserver] is running
Startup complete - press enter to shutdown:
stopping MinimServer[musicserver]
MinimServer[musicserver] is stopped
ohnet.debug setting is ''
starting MinimServer[musicserver]
MinimServer[musicserver] is running
ending MinimServer
stopping MinimServer[musicserver]
MinimServer[musicserver] is stopped
jason@musicserver:/home$

If I use "sudo" it works fine, but does not auto start on next reboot.

This is my java information:

jason@musicserver:/$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.19" 2023-04-18
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.19+7-post-Ubuntu-0ubuntu122.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.19+7-post-Ubuntu-0ubuntu122.04.1, mixed mode, sharing)
jason@musicserver:/$

[simoncn]

Permission problems like this are usually caused by using the root user to do the MinimServer installation. You need to be logged in as a regular user when you do the installation, as described in point 4 of this section.

To fix this, do the following:

1) Uninstall MinimServer by running sudo /home/minimserver/bin/uninstall
2) Check that the /home/minimserver folder and all its subfolders have been removed
3) When logged in as a regular user, reinstall MinimServer in the home directory of this regular user by following the steps in the section linked above

It is possible that you might still get some permission errors because of files left over from the previous installation. If you do, please post details here.

[AudioDoctor]

(25-05-2023 17:57)simoncn Wrote:  Permission problems like this are usually caused by using the root user to do the MinimServer installation. You need to be logged in as a regular user when you do the installation, as described in point 4 of this section.

To fix this, do the following:

1) Uninstall MinimServer by running sudo /home/minimserver/bin/uninstall
2) Check that the /home/minimserver folder and all its subfolders have been removed
3) When logged in as a regular user, reinstall MinimServer in the home directory of this regular user by following the steps in the section linked above

It is possible that you might still get some permission errors because of files left over from the previous installation. If you do, please post details here.

Thanks for the reply. Is the fact that I am doing all of this via SSH and am signed in as a user with admin rights causing the problem?

[AudioDoctor]

I can't even unzip the file without sudo.

[simoncn]

It is fine to use ssh for this and it should be fine if the logged in user is a member of the administrators group.

If you need sudo to unpack the file, it sounds like you are trying to unpack the file to a disk location that requires root privilege to write files.

What is your current directory when you run the tar xf command? What permissions does this directory have? What error message do you get when you run tar xf without sudo?

[AudioDoctor]

I am installing it in my home folder because I can't "cd" into the folder "jason" inside the Home folder where my Music Folder resides.

It looks like this: /home/jason/Music. but I get an error saying that there is No such file or directory.

The "ls" command does list it as being there.

jason@musicserver:/home$ ls -S
jason

edit: Before my disk failure, I had this set up and working perfectly. I don't know what is different this time.

[simoncn]

Please run the following commands and post the output here:

Code:

ls -al /
ls -al /home
ls -al /home/jason

[AudioDoctor]

la -al /

jason@musicserver:~$ ls -al /
total 4194380
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 May 24 17:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 May 24 17:26 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 17 11:19 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 24 17:49 boot
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4240 May 26 09:43 dev
drwxr-xr-x 123 root root 4096 May 26 09:45 etc
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 25 23:33 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 17 11:19 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 17 11:19 lib32 -> usr/lib32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 17 11:19 lib64 -> usr/lib64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 17 11:19 libx32 -> usr/libx32
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 24 17:20 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 11:19 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 11:19 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 11:19 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 252 root root 0 May 26 09:43 proc
drwx------ 5 root root 4096 May 26 09:48 root
drwxr-xr-x 36 root root 1060 May 26 09:44 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 17 11:19 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 May 24 17:53 snap
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 11:19 srv
-rw------- 1 root root 4294967296 May 24 17:21 swap.img
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 May 26 09:43 sys
drwxrwxrwt 17 root root 4096 May 26 16:31 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Feb 17 11:19 usr
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Feb 17 11:23 var
jason@musicserver:~$

[AudioDoctor]

la -al /home

jason@musicserver:~$ ls -al /home
total 3388
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 25 23:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 May 24 17:26 ..
-rw------- 1 jason jason 2589 May 25 23:14 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 220 Jan 6 2022 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 3771 Jan 6 2022 .bashrc
drwx------ 2 jason jason 4096 May 24 17:27 .cache
drwx------ 3 jason jason 4096 May 24 17:45 .config
drwxrwx--- 6 jason jason 4096 May 26 09:47 jason
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 May 25 23:34 minimserver
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 3416742 May 25 12:10 MinimServer-2.2-linux-intel.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 807 Jan 6 2022 .profile
drwx------ 2 jason jason 4096 May 24 17:27 .ssh
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 0 May 24 17:47 .sudo_as_admin_successful
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 165 May 24 18:01 .wget-hsts
jason@musicserver:~$

[AudioDoctor]

la -al /home/jason

jason@musicserver:~$ ls -al /home/jason
total 40
drwxrwx--- 6 jason jason 4096 May 26 09:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 25 23:33 ..
-rw------- 1 jason jason 796 May 26 09:49 .bash_history
drwx------ 2 jason jason 4096 May 25 23:18 .cache
drwx------ 3 jason jason 4096 May 24 17:45 .config
drwxrwxr-x+ 168 root root 12288 May 25 19:08 Music
drwx------ 2 jason jason 4096 May 25 23:18 .ssh
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 0 May 25 23:33 .sudo_as_admin_successful
-rw-r--r-- 1 jason jason 165 May 26 09:47 .wget-hsts
jason@musicserver:~$