# Plex cannot read SMB or NFS mounted directory

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [December 3, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-cannot-read-smb-or-nfs-mounted-directory/861608 "2023-12-03T13:58:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-cannot-read-smb-or-nfs-mounted-directory/861608/3 "2023-12-03T16:51:50Z")

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Unless you also have Plex running as your username –

Get the mount points OUT OF YOUR HOME DIRECTORY 🙂

Some reference reading for you

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/5):
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> Mounting NFS network shares for Plex use The basic checklist Prepare the NAS: Create a ‘mount point’ directory structure on your Linux machine which will be where all your media shares are grafted and made available for Plex use. Create an entry in /etc/fstab for each share you wish to mount. Mount and debug as needed A. Prepare the NAS. This is unique to each NAS. In general, you only need grant read permission. Should you desire Read/Write for yourself, we will allow for it On Lin…

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/4):
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> Mounting CIFS + SMB network shares for Plex use The basic checklist Prepare the NAS Create the CIFS/SMB credentials file for use in /etc/fstab Create a ‘mount point’ directory structure on your Linux machine which will be where all your media shares are grafted and made available for Plex use. Create an entry in /etc/fstab for each share you wish to mount. Mount and debug as needed A. Prepare the NAS. This is unique to each NAS. In general, you only need grant read permission. Should …

Please observe for my machine , NFS from my NAS to my workstation:

```auto
192.168.0.20:/vol/media /glock/media nfs defaults,sec=sys,rw,auto,async,x-systemd.after=network-online.target,nofail,bg 0 0

```

(I use the ‘network-online.target’ qualifier only because my network adapter is slow to start (thunderbolt 10 GbE adapter on a NUC8). Normal cases will not need this.

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