Server Version#: 1.40.3.8555 Server Description: Ubuntu 24.04 Okay, I have a weird one here, that will probably turn out to be a rookie mistake. I have a QNAP NAS setup as a file share. I have several shares that I use as Libraries for my PMS. I am currently in the process of standing up a second …

Don’t use SMB mounts, use NFS (enable the NFS service on the QNAP) [image] Linux Tips Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Mounting NFS network shares for Plex use The basic checklist Prepare the NAS: Create a ‘mount point’ directory structure on your Linux machine which will be wh…

Much appreciated for the reference guide there. I followed the NFS mount guide and I still wasn’t able to get it working properly. Then I followed the CIFS guide and managed to get it working on one library, and not the other. It seems that for some reason, the chmod 755 command wasn’t as recurs…

If you can fix the server-side permissions and make it work with CIFS/SMB, there is no compelling reason to use NFS (other than NFS is native to Linux and performs better from Linux ↔ Linux) Whatever you decide, do what’s best for you & easiest to maintain / problem solve.

If you would like a reference, this is my NFS mount for all of the media from my server 192.168.0.20:/vol/media /glock/media nfs defaults,sec=sys,rw,auto,async,x-systemd.after=network-online.target,nofail,bg 0 0 On the NFS server side, it’s mounted for Everyone + Read-only. KEY POINT …

[image] verrick: Okay, I have a weird one here, that will probably turn out to be a rookie mistake. I have a QNAP NAS setup as a file share. I was just thinking — Did you create the NFS export rule for the shared folder ? [Screenshot from 2024-07-05 19-55-36] [chuck@lizum ~.2010]$ sudo mou…

I did have those permissions set. I have a ton of other shares throughout my home network. I think at the moment, I’m going to leave them mapped via CIFS because everything is working. I’ll revisit at some point if I decide to migrate my server. Again, thank you so much for the help. I really app…

Library empty when mounting network volumes in Ubuntu

Plex Media Server

ChuckPa July 4, 2024, 9:07pm 2

Don’t use SMB mounts, use NFS (enable the NFS service on the QNAP)

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Library empty when mounting network volumes in Ubuntu

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