# Not finding library on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [March 10, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872 "2021-03-10T11:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/1 "2021-03-10T11:24:41Z")
Server Version#: 1.22.0.4163-d8c4875dd Can’t scan libraries. Logs attached. You can see my post about it at the bottom of this guide I tried to follow: [https://gist.github.com/pjobson/3811b73740a3a09597511c18be845a6c](https://gist.github.com/pjobson/3811b73740a3a09597511c18be845a6c)[Plex Media Server Logs\_2021-03-10\_13-20-18.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/AlgsniRu33wJg8FAl2VVY5PueEV.zip) (347.5 KB) ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/2 "2021-03-10T11:38:10Z")
Checking your logs I see this ```auto Mar 10, 2021 13:18:49.504 [0x7f06ef43ebc0] DEBUG - Scanning TV Shows using en(Plex Series Scanner) with 0 current media items and 2 section locations in the database. Mar 10, 2021 13:18:49.555 [0x7f06ef43ebc0] DEBUG - Performing a scan with 'Plex Series Scanner' (language: en virtual: 0). Mar 10, 2021 13:18:49.555 [0x7f06ef43ebc0] DEBUG - * Scanning /media/joni/TOSHIBA EXT/Series_T Mar 10, 2021 13:18:49.556 [0x7f06ef43ebc0] ERROR - Couldn't check for the existence of file "/media/joni/TOSHIBA EXT/Series_T": boost::filesystem::status: Permission denied: "/media/joni/TOSHIBA EXT/Series_T" ``` so you can see its a permission problem. I use the following to set my permissions … ```auto find /mnt/Media-Server -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; find /mnt/Media-Server -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; ``` where `/mnt/Media-Server` is the mount point to the root of my media. For you that looks like `/media/joni/TOSHIBA EXT`. ---
**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/3 "2021-03-10T11:39:08Z")
I did this according to the guide but it didn’t work: `sudo adduser joni plex [sudo] password for joni: Adding user ` joni’ to group `plex' ... Adding user joni to group plex Done. sudo chown -R plex.plex /media/joni/Ext4/Movies sudo find /media/joni/Ext4/Movies -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \; ` I’ll try that ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/4 "2021-03-10T11:43:05Z")
> [@JouBqa](#): > > /media/joni/Ext4 This must me another mount you have used but logic is the same. Try ```auto find /media/joni/Ext4 -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; find /media/joni/Ext4 -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; ``` but you will need to do this for each mount point you have as in your logs I see `/media/joni/TOSHIBA EXT` so you must have multiple. ---
**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/5 "2021-03-10T12:03:09Z")
I did this and the same for my other mount point /media/joni/TOSHIBA\ EXT but nothing. Log attached[Plex Media Server Logs\_2021-03-10\_14-01-49.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/6PRhkAZlWKe85NgIqZa7GGuzEV4.zip) (400.5 KB) ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/6 "2021-03-10T12:08:15Z")
Your log unfortunately still shows… `Mar 10, 2021 14:01:32.328 [0x7fd52b5fabc0] ERROR - Couldn't check for the existence of file "/media/joni/TOSHIBA EXT/Series_T": boost::filesystem::status: Permission denied: "/media/joni/TOSHIBA EXT/Series_T"` and `Mar 10, 2021 14:01:32.328 [0x7fd52b5fabc0] ERROR - Couldn't check for the existence of file "/media/joni/Ext4/Series": boost::filesystem::status: Permission denied: "/media/joni/Ext4/Series"` Could you do the following so we can see what the files actually have ? ```auto ls -la /media/joni/ ls -la /media/joni/TOSHIBA\ EXT ls -la /media/joni/TOSHIBA\ EXT/Series_T ls -la /media/joni/Ext4 ls -la /media/joni/Ext4/Series ``` ---
**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/7 "2021-03-10T12:14:38Z")
ls -la /media/joni/ total 28 drwxr-x—+ 6 root root 4096 maalis 10 13:53 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 marras 22 10:58 … drwxr-xr-x 10 root adm 4096 joulu 3 00:38 Ext4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 helmi 4 00:04 Ext41 drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 8192 maalis 9 21:42 ‘TOSHIBA EXT’ drwx------ 2 root root 4096 helmi 4 00:04 ‘TOSHIBA EXT1’ ls -la /media/joni/TOSHIBA\ EXT total 1660 drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 8192 maalis 9 21:42 . drwxr-x—+ 6 root root 4096 maalis 10 13:53 … drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 0 maalis 25 2020 ‘$RECYCLE.BIN’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 helmi 25 21:28 Comics drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 8192 helmi 18 15:31 ‘Game Dev’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 16384 helmi 25 21:27 Games\_T drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 0 joulu 2 11:47 Godot drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 helmi 15 11:23 ‘Installed games’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 65536 maalis 9 21:32 Movies\_T -rwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 904704 joulu 1 2006 msdia80.dll drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 0 helmi 23 17:03 msdownld.tmp drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 0 elo 27 2020 ‘Program Files’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 20480 maalis 9 21:31 Series\_T drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 0 joulu 11 14:50 SteamLibrary drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 joulu 12 06:36 ‘System Volume Information’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 0 tammi 5 13:36 .Trash-1000 drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 loka 27 09:20 WindowsApps ls -la /media/joni/TOSHIBA\ EXT/Series\_T total 108 drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 20480 maalis 9 21:31 . drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 8192 maalis 9 21:42 … drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 8192 huhti 12 2020 Farscape drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 syys 12 18:51 ‘Frank Herberts Children Of Dune - 3 Part Mini-Series Sci-Fi 2003 Eng Subs [H264-mp4]’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 8192 syys 20 16:10 ‘Harley.Quinn.S02.2160p.DCU.WEBRip.DDP5.1.x265-NTb[rartv]’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 maalis 9 21:30 ‘Letterkenny.S03.1080p.HULU.WEBRip.AAC2.0.x264-monkee[rartv]’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 49152 marras 21 21:52 ‘[MTBB] Legend of the Galactic Heroes (BD 720p)’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 maalis 9 21:56 ‘Patlabor ~The Mobile Police~ Early Days (1988)’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 4096 helmi 25 21:28 ‘Raised.by.Wolves.2020.S01.1080p.HMAX.WEBRip.DD5.1.x264-NTG[rartv]’ drwxrwxrwx 1 joni joni 0 kesä 25 2020 ‘Star Trek Picard’ ls -la /media/joni/Ext4 total 52 drwxr-xr-x 10 root adm 4096 joulu 3 00:38 . drwxr-x—+ 6 root root 4096 maalis 10 13:53 … drwxr-xr-x 4 joni joni 4096 joulu 5 07:13 Games drwxr-xr-x 5 joni joni 4096 joulu 2 11:47 Godot drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 marras 23 14:33 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 8 plex plex 4096 maalis 10 11:57 Movies drwxr-xr-x 4 joni joni 4096 tammi 5 14:29 Series drwxr-xr-x 3 joni joni 4096 joulu 2 20:48 SteamLibrary drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 maalis 10 03:02 timeshift drwxr-xr-x 5 joni joni 4096 marras 23 21:32 .Trash-1000 ls -la /media/joni/Ext4/Series total 16 drwxr-xr-x 4 joni joni 4096 tammi 5 14:29 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root adm 4096 joulu 3 00:38 … drwxr-xr-x 2 joni joni 4096 marras 27 11:59 ‘Playhouse 90’ drwxr-xr-x 8 joni joni 4096 marras 28 01:09 ‘Twilight Zone’ ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/8 "2021-03-10T12:32:05Z")
I can see by the permissions that the commands have not been successful as they are not what I would expect them to be. It could be related to the user you used to run the commands and/or the fact that some ownerships on the directory are different depending on the directory, `root root`, `joni joni`, `root adm`. Was there any errors ? Regardless, assuming your running as your main user and that user has sudo permission can you run again with ```auto sudo find /media/joni -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; sudo find /media/joni -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; ``` … and try and scan / add the library again. ---
**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/9 "2021-03-10T12:34:36Z")
Meanwhile I tried changing the owner to plex but that didn’t help sudo chown -R plex.plex /media/joni/Ext4 It definitely seems to be chancing the permissions because it takes such a long time. But nothing changes with Plex I’ll try that ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/10 "2021-03-10T12:36:47Z")
> [@JouBqa](#): > > sudo chown -R plex.plex /media/joni/Ext4 I assume you mean `sudo chown -R plex:plex /media/joni/Ext4` ? ---
**Author:** ![pl\_5309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pl\_5309](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pl_5309)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/11 "2021-03-10T12:41:13Z")
/media has ACL’s on top of directory permission which is why it is less troublesome to create a directory and mount your media there. ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/12 "2021-03-10T12:43:00Z")
Thanks for confirming that, it was the next thing I was going to suggest. This is why I always mount to something outside of /media and to something like /mnt. ---
**Author:** ![pl\_5309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pl\_5309](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pl_5309)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/13 "2021-03-10T12:45:40Z")
/mnt can also be problematic defaulting to ro. Best to follow the example create the /dvr etc. and mount the drives. Follow Chuck’s Linus How-To. ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/14 "2021-03-10T13:01:39Z")
> [@pl\_5309](#): > > /mnt can also be problematic defaulting to ro. Best to follow the example create the /dvr etc. and mount the drives. Thanks, never had trouble with it myself but that’s most like due to the distro of linux I’m using so very good advice. @JouBqa here is the how to doc mentioned above in case you have trouble finding it [Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247) ---
**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-finding-library-on-linux/698872/15 "2021-03-10T13:08:33Z")
Plex is scanning! Thanks a ton for your help ---
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