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Emby Server does not restart from the web interface:

Emby on Linux does not have the built-in capability to restart itself. So to restart Emby uses a helper script. The helper script named restart.sh can be found on most distributions at /usr/lib/emby-server. The script can only restart Emby if it was started by a service manager program such as systemctl or service. If for some reason the helper script does not successfully restart Emby for you, please check the following:

  • Ensure helper script is executable.
  • Ensure Emby was started via a service manager.
  • Ensure permissions of /etc/sudoers.d/emby are 0640
  • Ensure whatever user is running emby-server is part of the emby group (usermod -a -G emby $USER_NAME)
  • Ensure /etc/sudoers permissions is 0640

####Example of troubleshooting restart on a distribution using systemd:

  1. sudo systemctl status emby-server - Get PID.
  2. Hit restart on web interface
  3. sudo systemctl status emby-server - Get PID.

If PIDs differ restart was successful. Otherwise, check the following:

  1. ls -la /usr/lib/emby-server/restart.sh - ensure it is executable.
  2. ps -aux | grep emby - Take note of PID
  3. sudo -u emby /usr/lib/emby-server/restart.sh - if you are running emby-server as another user other than emby, please adjust command appropriately.
  4. ps -aux | grep emby - Take note of PID

If PIDs differ restart worked.