# Adding mounted Linux Drive to Plex **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [May 16, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057 "2021-05-16T04:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/1 "2021-05-16T04:12:18Z")
Server Version#: Version 1.22.3.4523 Player Version#:4.54.5 Linux OS: Ubuntu 18.04 I suspect this maybe a bug within Plex, but I have been having issues with using secondary drives within Plex. I can access the drive without issues via windows and SSH’d into the machine but Plex is unable to located any files. One day I noticed my mappings where reset to default as my Media was no longer accessible (after the media failed to play). But attempting to add that directory back left me without any content. Plex just doesn’t seem to see anything. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/8/f/8f7778a8bd06884486f092e8a2f7013809fecfaa.png) ```auto $df dev/sdb 7814026580 7813981968 44612 100% /Media ``` Part of the issues is I am unable to navigate to the /Media folder within plex, normally I would just use the entire UNC path but that has, or recently failed. ```auto May 15, 2021 22:58:27.465 [0x7fc3ee813780] DEBUG - Performing a scan with 'Plex Series Scanner' (language: en virtual: 0). May 15, 2021 22:58:27.465 [0x7fc3ee813780] DEBUG - * Scanning /Media/Videos/TV Shows May 15, 2021 22:58:27.465 [0x7fc3ee813780] DEBUG - * Marking media not available in /Media/Videos/TV Shows May 15, 2021 22:58:27.465 [0x7fc3ee813780] DEBUG - * Taking 0 items out of the map (which has 0 items) for being unavailable. May 15, 2021 22:58:27.465 [0x7fc3ee813780] DEBUG - * Taking 0 directories out of the map (which has 0 dirs) for being unavailable. ``` ---
**Author:** ![CostaHT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/costaht/32/193414_2.png) [@CostaHT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CostaHT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/2 "2021-05-16T04:26:28Z")
How’s your fstab? ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/3 "2021-05-16T04:29:43Z")
> [@CostaHT](#): > > How’s your fstab? As I stated this worked before, not sure why this would be giving issues now but open to ideas (as I’m out) ```auto $sudo cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # # / was on /dev/sda2 during installation UUID=8f023616-d8d5-4f0a-a19b-ea650b4382d0 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=F4BA-361D /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation UUID=a74079f7-6425-484d-ab7b-05871bcd9d63 none swap sw 0 0 # Maping media UUID=1AAF28E80B2EC336 /Media auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0 ``` It may help to know that this server was down for a while, as I was moving systems around. Came this this. Normally just adding the paths back would address it, but I not a clue here. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/4 "2021-05-16T06:12:13Z")
If I may suggest? Conduct this simple experiment. 1. sudo mkdir /test 2. sudo chmod 755 /test 3. sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /test This creates the mount point, sets permissions of the mount point dir prior to mount so Plex can read, then let’s the OS set default options when mounting. 1. Now create a library section pointing at `/test/xxxx` (whatever is underneath as appropriate. I suggest this because: 1. Many often overlook the permissions of the mount point directory which, on some distros, defaults to 700 (no permissions for anyone but root) 2. Micromanaging the mount often leads to troubles. Best practice is to use minimal control, e.g. `ro,nofail,bg` > [@Using EXT, NTFS, or other format drives (internal or external) on Linux](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-ext-ntfs-or-other-format-drives-internal-or-external-on-linux/198544): > > This document is of primary interest to anyone who has connected USB drives or has media on other internal drives but user plex can’t access it due to Linux’s default security mechanisms. WARNING: This procedure will not work for SNAP, Docker or other container mechanisms unless expressly handled within the confines of the container. This procedure is intended for use with the dpkg package. We will walk through the steps needed to add these external USB hard drives and internal hard drives… ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/5 "2021-05-16T06:52:57Z")
I’ve trying your suggest with the bellow results: ```auto $sudo mount /dev/sdb /plex Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened. The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command. ``` Which makes since as the drive is already mounted as /Media. I did look at the folder permission as seen bellow ```auto $ll drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 May 15 22:49 Media/ ``` So permission wise it should be ok. Looking into I check the folder I created for the test and noticed it was also not visible to plex. So I tried the following ```auto $sudo mkdir /home/test ``` With these permission it seem to have work, amd am able to locate the file with Plex, however it fails if done within the root directory. The issues seem to exist with the location, as any newly created folders are not see by Plex ```auto $sudo mkdir /test ``` Ended up as expected not visible, I may try editing my fstab file too see if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/6 "2021-05-16T07:05:56Z")
doh… 1. `ls -la /` 2. Look at the value for `.` (dot) 3. Now make the root readable. ```auto sudo chmod 755 / ``` It sounds like you have ACLs / perms on the root directory itself which are super strict. ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/7 "2021-05-16T07:16:01Z")
```auto $ls -la / drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 May 16 01:54 . drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 May 16 01:54 .. ``` Seem it was already made readable, just for kicks I tried ```auto $sudo chmod 777 / drwxrwxrwx 27 root root 4096 May 16 01:54 . drwxrwxrwx 27 root root 4096 May 16 01:54 .. ``` But Plex was still unable to see the folders ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/8 "2021-06-19T19:17:21Z")
I am working going thought [Using EXT, NTFS, or other format drives (internal or external) on Linux](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-ext-ntfs-or-other-format-drives-internal-or-external-on-linux/198544) atm. Changed the mount to ‘ntfs’ and to 0 1 instead of 0 0, which did not help, then changed it to ‘ext4’ and that seem to have worked. I’ve also noticed that Plex is creating a duplicate server whenever the PC reboots. Reference to the old one seem to fails (causing the pinned ‘Movies’ and ‘TV Shows’ to fail). But the new instance seem to work by using ‘ext4’ for the mounting. ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/9 "2021-06-19T19:39:51Z")
Interesting, changing it back and ‘ntfs’ causing it to fail, I changed it back to ‘ext4’ and they no longer worked. So I just calling it just being lucky the first time it worked. But this at least suggest it be and issue with mounting the driver over a permission issues. Bellow is my current fstab with relationship to the drive ```auto nano /etc/fstab # Maping media UUID=1AAF28E80B2EC336 /Media ntfs defaults,auto,rw,nofail 0 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/10 "2021-06-19T19:41:09Z")
Which device is that UUID ? `df` and look for it. `sudo blkid /dev/sdXX` verify the file system type Show me the error. I suspect you don’t have the ntfs package installed if it’s NTFS ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/11 "2021-06-19T19:52:23Z")
```auto $df /dev/sdb 7814026580 7813981968 44612 100% /Media $blkid /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: LABEL="Media" UUID="1AAF28E80B2EC336" TYPE="ntfs" PTTYPE="dos" ``` No errors that I can find. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/12 "2021-06-19T20:04:01Z")
ok. now `dpkg -l | grep ntfs` you should find `ntfs-3g` ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/13 "2021-06-19T20:11:14Z")
Bellow as requested ```auto $dpkg -l | grep ntfs ii libntfs-3g88 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.2 amd64 read/write NTFS driver for FUSE (runtime library) ii ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.2 amd64 read/write NTFS driver for FUSE ``` ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/14 "2021-06-19T20:29:14Z")
I see you don’t have a partition table on the drive. Unfortunate but it should still work. ```auto sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb /mnt (use "ntfs" if "ntfs-3g" fails) sudo ls -la /mnt ``` You should now get a listing of the NTFS drive. Confirm please ? ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/15 "2021-06-19T20:34:39Z")
When I tried to mount I got ```auto $sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb /mnt Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened. The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command ``` So I unmounted and tried again ```auto $ sudo umount /dev/sdb $ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb /mnt ``` And got the expected results ```auto $ sudo ls -la /mnt total 352 drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Jun 3 19:59 . drwxrwxrwx 27 root root 4096 Jun 4 06:34 .. drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Mar 5 18:36 LinuxScripts drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 348160 Apr 12 08:46 OBS drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jul 1 2020 Videos ``` Then went into the Plex and selected the new path, which seem to have resolve it. However I find it odd that this worked prior. Maybe a linux/plex update broke the interaction? Could the issues with mounting the drive the root folder be the main issues? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/16 "2021-06-19T20:40:39Z")
Oh… that error? Where is it mounted? In the file manager Nautilus? If so, `sudo umount /dev/sdb` Now try it all again. ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/17 "2021-06-19T20:41:12Z")
It was mounted at \Media ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/18 "2021-06-19T20:42:28Z")
yeah… That’s the automounter. It’s a PAIN. It’s also what blocked `plex` from seeing the contents because it was **exclusive** to your username. Linux is VERY strict about permissions. One user cannot see another’s files without expressly granted permissions. (The `chmod` commands I’ve shown) ---
**Author:** ![adjoth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adjoth/32/239458_2.png) [@adjoth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adjoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/19 "2021-06-19T20:48:37Z")
Ah, so Nautilus automount was the issues? Interesting, as I though i fixed that issue. (Used to automount as root, which prevent me as a user from access it) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057/20 "2021-06-19T20:49:18Z")
Nautilus is aggressive. Gnome runs as `root` so it’s going to get you anyway . [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-mounted-linux-drive-to-plex/716057.md?page=2)