Installation on Fedora, invalid user error

Installation
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Hi all,

Getting an error when trying to set the permissions on the folder;

sudo chown -R user:group /opt/homeassistant

Says that user:group is an invalid user. Do I have to put my actual user in there.

Though you would think if that the case it would have been specified?

2

Ok so it looks like something generic that I need to replace user:group with something.

Very disappointing that your official instructions dont advise what to do here :frowning:

I cant even find that cmd in Google.

If its username:groupname that should be explained please, and what would be the group?

I have tried the logged in user, but im still getting the same error.

3

The group of the user you’re using for home assistant :wink:

Try creating the user like this:

sudo useradd -rm homeassistant -G dialout,gpio

Then use

sudo chown -R homeassistant:homeassistant /opt/homeassistant
4

Thanks so much, but I gave up! Trying to install hass.io in a docker now.

Someone should really update the wiki to reflect the actual instructions for those that are not native Linux users.

Thanks again!

5

Such an edit has already been submitted, based upon the feedback in your post :wink: