If you're using mdadm, this may be needed in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.If you are reading this article after the fact and your internet is already down, you’ll need to edit the Plex configuration files specific to your particular platform. umask, which is 777 less the desired 'chmod' number): UUID='XXXXXX' /media/USERNAME/MOUNTPOINT ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 0 NTFS partitions must be mounted with appropriate read rights in /etc/fstab:Ĭheck your user and group id (10 in example): idĮdit /etc/fstab to mount the drive with read permissions for your user group and for all users (cf. Sudo setfacl -m g:$MYGROUP:rwx /media/$USER Now, add plex user to your user group, and allow this group to access /media/$USER: MYGROUP='$USER' Or add flex user to the folder group (see below) and use sudo chmod -R g+r FOLDER.įix permissions to allow Plex to access /media/$USERĬheck which group you and plex belong to: groups Use sudo chmod -R u+r FOLDER to allow all users. Your folder may not allow plex user or group to read it.Check it with ls -l on the drive or folder that cause issue, to see the group owner, group permissions and user permissions. Your drives may not be mounted to allow plex user to read it.Ubuntu restricts access to /media/$USER through ACL (that's the '+' when you ls -l /media).Plex is run under plex username, so you may encounter the following permission issues: Ls: cannot open directory robin: Permission denied : Permission cd cd robinīash: cd: robin: Permission ls -al robin sudo -u plex bashīash: /home/robin/.bashrc: Permission ls -al How do I give plex access to my home folder without also giving other users access to it? My home folder is encrypted by the way, so that'll probably complicate things a little. My first guess seemed to be a correct one It is, as always, a permissions problem. The same happened when trying to access /media/Data.įor me it's quite useless like this, as all of my media files are inside those 2 directories. It showed robin, with an arrow in front of it, but when I tried to expand the directory tree it was empty. When it gave me a file browser, I wanted to go to /home/robin/Videos. I wanted to start by adding a collection. I just installed the Plex media server from the Ubuntu Software Center, and opened the web interface.

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