# Linux mounts not seen by plexmedia server **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [April 6, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363 "2022-04-06T04:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![goku\_sonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@goku\_sonic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/goku_sonic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/1 "2022-04-06T04:28:51Z")
Server Version#:1 1.25.9.5673 Player Version#: Web I am using Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS gnome version 3.36.8 windowing system x11 I have tried changing the groups for the two drives total 20 drwxr-x—+ 4 root plex 4096 Apr 5 21:02 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 26 2021 .. drwxrwxrwx+ 6 pcaldwel plex 4096 Jun 20 2021 Plex-Drive-1 drwxrwxrwx 1 pcaldwel pcaldwel 8192 Jul 24 2021 ‘Seagate Expansion Drive’ segate will not change to plex chown, chg group, setfacl, etc on the local disk (os installed ) this is the a test and this movie is seen in plex drwxrwxrwx 2 pcaldwel pcaldwel 4096 Mar 10 2019 ‘Toy story.avi’ This is what the ui pulls up ![PLex ui](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/f/0/9f0cc99ff25a0127b54bd5f8bcef760aad5bf4ef.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![goku\_sonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@goku\_sonic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/goku_sonic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/2 "2022-04-06T04:36:43Z")
Also the drives are not seen in plex ![plex fail](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/3/2/a32b56f7088946b8782c4f0b2f3df1ba02f7e844.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![goku\_sonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@goku\_sonic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/goku_sonic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/3 "2022-04-06T04:45:51Z")
I did sudo chown -R plex.plex /media/pcaldwel/ just as an option and now One drive (not usb) is seen Still doesnt show in the UI but works if I give the abs.path ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/4 "2022-04-06T06:27:35Z")
On most linux distros – Do not use `/media` as the parent directory. Gnome’s Nautilus and automounter claim exclusive use / ownership. By default, they define exclusive access for your username ONLY. Username `plex` will not be able to see anything in there. The solution is to define the mount point(s) in /etc/fstab and choose another place to mount. Please review: > [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2): > > 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 … Once you’ve moved the mount point, you’ll be able to change the ownership and permissions back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![goku\_sonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@goku\_sonic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/goku_sonic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/5 "2022-04-10T18:59:53Z")
Sorry for the hiatus. I have 3 kids and a lot of house work ill bring up the fstab when i have a moment this afternoon. I was unable to do this in my own efforts so i might require assistance ---
**Author:** ![goku\_sonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@goku\_sonic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/goku_sonic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/6 "2022-04-10T21:04:59Z")
```auto GNU nano 4.8 /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=c66bc558-bdc2-44c4-ac37-d6e1431567fb / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=AD30-F045 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1 /swapfile none swap sw 0 0 ``` I dont know how to get this to register the usb mount is the problem drive ---
**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:** [April 10, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/7 "2022-04-10T23:07:08Z")
@goku_sonic Did you read the How-To which shows the step-by-step ? Show me what you’ve done , what you see / what your drives look like? (`df` command) (Hint: `df` is the key for switching from using the automounter to /etc/fstab) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-mounts-not-seen-by-plexmedia-server/786363/8 "2022-07-09T23:07:25Z")
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