Hassbian configuration files permission issue

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Hello there,
i have hassbian installed and working with ‘pi’ user on it.
My main machine is a mac (so no WinSCP) and i use Cyberduck and native ssh client in the terminal to access and update configuration files on hassbian.

Now, i notice a following problematic pattern, here is an example with scripts.yaml:

  • i remove file (scripts.yalm) as pi user and restart HA. Then from HA using UI i create a simple script. This creates a new file. However, when i try to edit it it say there is enough permission. I can remove that file, though.
  • when i remove it and create a new one then HA seems to be unable to update it from UI. When i click save nothing happens and no changes saved in the file.

That is only relevant to a couple of files: scripts.yaml and known_devices.yaml. Automation.yaml can be updated from HA UI and me editing it through cyberduck.

I wonder what commands can i use to change permission to these problematic files so both me and UI can write into them?

Thanks,
Alex

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You need to switch to homeassistant user to edit the configuration files. See
https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/installation/hassbian/common-tasks/#edit-the-home-assistant-configuration

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thanks for the link @gpbenton
Not sure i can do this in Cyberduck though? I don’t think there is a way to change user there.
I could’ve connected using homeassistant user but not sure what the password is. How can i recover/change it and is it safe to do so?

Thanks,
Alex

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add your ‘pi’ user to the permissions for your homeassistant files:

sudo setfacl -R -m u:pi:rwx /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant

the above is assuming the location of your home assistant config files is “/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant”. If not adjust it accordingly.

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Thanks @finity, when i run it i get
sudo: setfacl: command not found

i googled it and tried this to install acl:
yum install acl -y
but got this error:
-bash: yum: command not found

Any idea how can i fix the permissions?

Thanks,
Alex

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you need to use apt-get to install packages on raspbian instead of yum.

“sudo apt-get install…” should allow you to install things.

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