RIP Jan-Michael Vincent

Helicopters were so cool in the 80s.

Blue Thunder

You can configure samba to handle the permissions, but immich will need to connect to the user’s share using their password (no ideal)

In smb.conf for each user’s share

[user_media]
   path = /path/to/user/media
   valid users = username, immich
   force user = username  # This makes all files.  appear as owned by the user
   force group = media
   create mask = 0660
   directory mask = 0770

Alternatively you can use setguid with your media group:

chmod g+s /path/to/media/dirs
chown -R :media /path/to/media/dirs
chmod 2770 /path/to/media/dirs. (2 = SetGID, 770 = rwx for user and group)

• Any new file created by Immich will automatically belong to the media group
• The SetGID bit ensures files inherit the parent directory’s group
• All users (including Immich) can read/write files as long as they’re in the media group
• Individual users still “own” their files (UID stays as the original user when they upload via Samba)

Honestly, anything you spend on that PC is a waste. You can get a 5 year old computer for under $100 and move your updated parts over.

Search Amazon for a Lenovo Thinkcentre, Dell optiplex or anything with an Intel Core i7-4770. This is by far the cheapest route.

Alternatively, if you are looking for the adventure of getting back into PC building, check out the build guides at pcpartpicker.com.

https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/