# Media Not Automatically Updating **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [June 21, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-not-automatically-updating/196465 "2017-06-21T01:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mirandaandfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mirandaandfrank](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mirandaandfrank)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-not-automatically-updating/196465/1 "2017-06-21T01:11:35Z")
I recently moved from a single Windows server to a Linux server with the Media stored on a Windows share. I haven’t been able to get new media to update automatically. It does update if I use the Scan Library Files command in Plex Web, but not automatically. I’ve tried setting it to Update Automatically and to Update Periodically. Either way, it doesn’t add anything unless I manually tell it to Scan Library Files. Is this a limitation to the way I’ve set it up or is there something wrong? Thanks, ---
**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:** [June 21, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-not-automatically-updating/196465/2 "2017-06-21T01:24:24Z")
Automatic detection does not work across network shares. The Linux `iNotify` kernel service, which is what tells PMS content has changed, is not communicated via CIFS, NFS, or AFP. it is strictly applicable to within the confines of local mounts. This having been said, if you modify a file stored on a CIFS share while in Linux, PMS on Linux will see it because iNotify is watching the local mount point. It can’t see what’s done ‘behind the scenes’ on the file server side. Does this help? If you’re getting no content at all, this is likely a share permissions issue and should be further investigated that way. User `plex` needs Read access to the remote files however you decide to grant it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-not-automatically-updating/196465/3 "2020-01-07T23:26:00Z")