# Media library is empty **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-linux, library-management\ **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-library-is-empty/615928 "2020-07-22T15:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-library-is-empty/615928/2 "2020-07-22T15:56:32Z")
Plagiarizing myself from a post yesterday… By default, because of the ACLs associated with it, only your user can access files under /media/pi. This is due to the way the disk is automatically mounted. The recommended way to use extra disks with Plex Media Server is to create static mount points and the necessary entries to mount them there in /etc/fstab. That method is described in @ChuckPa’s Linux Tips post: > [@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 … There are ways to modify the default ACLs associated with the auto-mount location, if you’re interested in trying that instead. In your case, the command would be: `sudo setfacl -m u:plex:rx /media/thomas` This gives `plex` read and execute permissions to that directory. Assuming the permissions on the files and directories beneath are suitable, this will give PMS all the rights it needs to see your media. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-library-is-empty/615928)._