# Issue Copying Configuration Files

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-copying-configuration-files/933388>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [November 10, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-copying-configuration-files/933388 "2025-11-10T18:17:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-copying-configuration-files/933388/45 "2025-11-11T15:18:42Z")

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@KerriK

Good Morning. ( I’m on duty now ) 🙂

Primary rules of the Automounter:

1. It will place it somewhere under `/media`
2. It will create a structure with your username
3. It will be mounted such that ONLY YOU can access the files.
4. No amount of setting permissions will allow Plex to see them.

To circumvent this:

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2):
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> Using other hard drives (Windows or Linux) with PMS This How-To is written to help with Internal and External drives. It also is written to demonstrate how to cope with NTFS and EXT4 formatted drives. By logical extension, any format supported by Linux can be handled using the technique shown here. In all cases, the goal is to give user plex permission to read your media files which Linux doesn’t allow by default due to its strict security model. We will walk through the steps needed …

The entire `Linux Tips`, which will help you use Plex on Linux, is here:

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247):
>
> Tips & Tricks of the Linux trade. Below, you’ll find a collection of tips, tricks, and how-to’s to help make setting up, administrating, and using Plex Media Server on Linux a little easier. [Reporting problems](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/20)[Using other hard drives (Windows or Linux) with PMS](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2)[Customizing your Plex configuration on systemd based systems](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/3)[Using other EXT4, NTFS, or other drives (internal or USB)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2)[Mounting CIFS + SMB network shares for Plex use](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/4)[Mounting NFS network shares for Plex use](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/5)[Moving…](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/6)

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