Posts by Akovia

  • Can't see files in Kodi

    I just realized it's only the Movie folders that have the "Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title" that have the issue. I didn't realize at first because I do have a movie folder that doesn't use subfolders and it is still accessible. (Home movies)

    So it's something related to scanning subfolders it seems.

    Movies reappear when using default Estuary skin instead of Aeon NOX.

    Posted to Aeon NOX forum.

  • Can't see files in Kodi

    I had everything set up and then seemingly out of nowhere, I can no longer see or access the files under some of my media source folders. When browsing through Video > Files, some display everything just fine, and other folders are completely empty. I thought the Files menu entry was a direct representation of what was on the drive as it's different than a source. If I ssh and browse my files that way, everything is as it should be.

    If I try to add the same folder again as another source, when I browse to the folder I can see all of the subfolders displayed. (Movie Source folder with subfolders for each movie)

    After finishing adding it by appending a number "2" to the source name, it is also now empty when browsing through the Files menu.

    Folder permissions are identical between visible and non-visible source folders.

    Everything is up to date as of today.

    Not sure how to troubleshoot this further. I see some errors in the script.skin.info.service/default.py, but I don't understand why some folders still work fine. (Log and debug-log attached)

    Thanks for any help.

  • OpenVPN Server help

    I'll just leave it on 22. Was just trying to follow advice to make it more secure, but I just need it to work and keep it as simple as possible without being too insecure. The fact that it's now key only should mitigate most security holes I would think.

    Now that I have this sorted, I can no longer see files in some of the media source folders out of nowhere. Will start a new thread.

    This has turned into a nightmare. *sigh*

  • OpenVPN Server help

    I managed to get it sorted using a live usb.

    It wasn't the port after all as I forgot to uncomment the line anyway. :P

    It was the "ChallengeResponseAuthentication no" option which I turned off. Hopefully I can do a real test across the internet soon.

    Thanks for all the help!

  • OpenVPN Server help

    Hi again,

    I had to abandon this project for a while and didn't want to respond until I had a chance to set this up and try it.

    So I already had my key set up and use it already to sign in. When I tried to turn off password login, I found that I can't write to the \etc\ssh\sshd_config file as it's read-only. If I've read correctly, I cloned that file to ~/.ssh/config and made 3 adjustments.

    Code
    Port xxxx
PasswordAuthentication no
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

    As you may have guessed, I no longer have access as it appears you can not change the default port. I read that it's good practice to not use the default port, so I never thought I wouldn't be able to do so. I also have the firewall turned off, so I didn't think it would be an issue.

    I'm assuming this is the issue at least. All attempts to ssh in is greeted with "connection refused"

    I can't seem to find a way back in and wondered if someone could help me without having to lose all of the settings I've configured so far.

    Thanks!

  • OpenVPN Server help

    Everytime I think I'm getting somewhere, I'm not. :/

    Quote from Mario77

    The key password is the password you used when you created your ovpn user key on the server..you will need that to connect otherwise anyone with the ovpn file can connect to your server..

    I managed to figure that out, but trying to set this up at home on a single network was futile. Thanks though!

    Quote from chewitt

    Do you really need a VPN? .. Or would SSH key-only auth be sufficient? (which is a one-click toggle in the GUI once you've deployed keys). You can change the sshd_config to move the exposed port to something non-standard; doesn't improve security but does reduce the number of bots that will find the port and attempt to exploit it.

    I want super simple, so this sounds more my speed. I thought I saw on these forums that it was recommended to use openvpn for any remote access which is why I was trying this.

    Is there a tutorial you recommend?

  • OpenVPN Server help

    Just a quick update. I found one of my errors and have now successfully created my ovpn file and copied it to my client machine.

    Will I be able to test this connection even though server and client are on the same network behind my router's firewall? I did try to connect already by importing the ovpn file into my kde network manager, but it's asking for a "Key Password". Obviously I have something wrong as I understood that it should not require a p/w at all.


    Here are the contents of my ovpn file with keys and ip removed.

    Thanks!

  • OpenVPN Server help

    Hi,

    I have been reading and tinkering for a couple days off and on and I can't seem to get anything working. I am setting up a NUC for my brother that lives many states away and is a disabled vet that would not be able to manage a kodi system on his own. I would like to be able to ssh into the NUC to manage updates and anything else that's needed remotely.

    I have installed the Docker and LinuxServer.io addons, but right off the bat, there is not an openvpn image to download through the addon as is mentioned in the forums. If I go directly to LinuxServer.io, I can see the image there and that it's deprecated. I did find some guides for using the image at hub.docker.com, but the instructions there fail at a couple places. I'm guessing there is something fundamentally different about setting this up on Libreelec, and I think it's a path issue.

    While I'm not completely inept, this is my first foray into both Libreelec and OpenVPN, so I find myself getting lost and could really use some help. Would anyone be able to give me some advice on how to get this going? I didn't want to start by posting a wall of text of everything I've tried so far, but happy to do so.

    Thanks!