# Movie scanning **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [December 17, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-scanning/348380 "2018-12-17T09:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dbjrkumai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@dbjrkumai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbjrkumai)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-scanning/348380/1 "2018-12-17T09:18:20Z")
I’m new to ubuntu, I put PMS on and plex reads my wd passport external, but it doesn’t see my movies. Tried one answer from youtube and screwed my boot. I reinstalled OS and plex. Is there a way??? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-scanning/348380/2 "2018-12-17T17:45:11Z")
If you are accessing via USB, you need to control where Linux mounts it. Unless you do, user **plex** won’t be given access. (Gnome default is to grant you **exclusive** access and Linux is strict about security) > [@Using EXT, NTFS, or other format drives (internal or external) on Linux](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-ext-or-ntfs-drives-internal-or-external-on-linux/198544): > > This document is of primary interest to anyone who has connected USB drives or has media on other internal drives but user plex can’t access it due to Linux’s default security mechanisms. WARNING: This procedure will not work for SNAP, Docker or other container mechanisms unless expressly handled within the confines of the container. This procedure is intended for use with the dpkg package. We will walk through the steps needed to add these external USB hard drives and internal hard drives… The rest of the Linux Tips are here to assist you > **[Topics tagged server-linux-tips](https://forums.plex.tv/tags/server-linux-tips)** > > Topics tagged server-linux-tips ---
**Author:** ![dbjrkumai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@dbjrkumai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbjrkumai)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-scanning/348380/3 "2018-12-18T06:21:58Z")
issue at gedit. I replaced your stuff with min. # Addtions for external and internal drives # Mount MULTIMEDIA (ext4) at /disks/MULTIMEDIA for Plex UUID=def7a068-d775-4c53-bad8-95c91a219453 /disks/MULTIMEDIA ext4 defaults,auto,rw,nofail 0 1 And Im here on the terminal. \*\* (gedit:24203): WARNING \*\*: 23:57:19.246: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-spell-language not supported \*\* (gedit:24203): WARNING \*\*: 23:57:19.425: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-encoding not supported \*\* (gedit:24203): WARNING \*\*: 23:57:23.540: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-spell-language not supported \*\* (gedit:24203): WARNING \*\*: 23:57:23.540: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-encoding not supported \*\* (gedit:24203): WARNING \*\*: 23:57:27.712: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-position not supported # gedit /etc/fstab \*\* (gedit:24420): WARNING \*\*: 00:00:32.395: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-spell-language not supported \*\* (gedit:24420): WARNING \*\*: 00:00:32.397: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-encoding not supported I only have one external Im trying to get read so your 3 confuses me a bit.was there another Im supposed to add? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-scanning/348380/4 "2018-12-18T07:11:35Z")
First, Those gedit:24203 warnings are meaningless. It’s because it was started in the terminal. No harm. No foul. The process TL;DR form is: 1. Get the UUID and filesystem type info from the partition to mount using **blkid** (you have that) 2. Create the mount point directory (Suspect you’ve done this too) 3. Create the **/etc/fstab** entry for it (you’ve done) 4. Save **/etc/fstab** (stay in the editor… just click the save button) 5. At the command line, **sudo mount /disks/MULTIMEDIA** 6. It should mount without error 7. If it does have errors, **man fstab** will help you look for the typo in your FSTAB line or check the mount point directory name 8. Now continue with setting directory (755) and file (644) permissions **in** the mounted disk so PMS can read. Also make your username owner ( **chown** ) if needed. When there are no errors (mount, umount, mount), you can exit the text editor. You’re done. ---
**Author:** ![dbjrkumai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@dbjrkumai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbjrkumai)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-scanning/348380/5 "2018-12-19T21:32:37Z")
Thank you for your help.I had it and somehow botched it trying to separate my personal vids.It was adding my home vids into my movie col. and some how it is not seeing my external again, but it is reading my desktop files. My external eludes me once more.Good news is Im becoming very intimate with the system. Will renaming my external and redoing process affect the positive outcome with the other files be affected? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-scanning/348380/6 "2019-03-19T21:37:22Z")
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