Jellyfin: no admin access and movie library path seems wrong

Posted by qualle

Jellyfin: no admin access and movie library path seems wrong A completed MKV is in the Movies folder, but it doesn’t appear in Jellyfin. Radarr’s root folder is /data/Movies. Jellyfin shows the Movies library path as /config/root/default/movies. I don’t have Jellyfin admin rights, so I can’t edit the library path or start a scan. The Jellyfin credentials shown in SparkBox Settings seem to be for a regular user, not an admin. What’s the supported way to restore Jellyfin admin access and set the library path to /data/Movies without manually editing or deleting Jellyfin’s config or database?

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Chris wrote:

You’re right to avoid editing or deleting Jellyfin’s config/database. SparkBox mounts the shared media folder into Jellyfin at /data; /data/Movies is the expected library location, while /config is Jellyfin’s separate settings area. If SparkBox created the admin account, the supported credential recovery is sudo sparkbox reset-password jellyfin, which resets that login and updates SparkBox’s saved credentials. If you completed Jellyfin’s setup wizard yourself, the saved SparkBox login may not be that admin, so don’t run the reset yet. What SparkBox version are you on, and did SparkBox create the Jellyfin admin or did you create it in Jellyfin’s wizard?