Help with internal Ext4 drive not showing to plex after mounting

[jesusyodaman]

Server Version#: 1.21.3.4021-5a0a3e4b2
Player Version#: Web Player

Hello, I recently setup a Linux server, and before I was manually mounting my drive on boot, and plex could access the file path and all would be well. I decided I wanted to mount the drive to remove a step. So I mounted it to a file path /data on my main drive. Since doing this I have been unable to access that directory and add it to plex. I have read multiple guides on giving perms to the folder to make it accessible, but nothing so far has worked. Would love if someone a little more knowledgeable would help me out with this.

[ChuckPa]

Using EXT, NTFS, or other format drives (internal or external) on Linux

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…

[jesusyodaman]

Thanks for this, I had gone through it but not realized this only worked for the dpkg version. Why is it that snap cant access these folders?

[ChuckPa]

SNAP packages, by design from Ubuntu, are restricted to your home directory.

There’s nothing we can do about that.

Your alternative is to mount the drive somewhere in your home directory where it will have access but I do not know if SNAP will respect what you ask and show you those contents.