Plex Media Server cannot see my video files

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Server Version#: 4.66.1
Player Version#:
Plex Media Server has been working great on my Ubuntu desktop for years. Then last week I upgraded Ubuntu to 21.10 and now PlexMediaServer cannot see my video files. In the Library’s section, I can point Plex right at the correct drive, but when then is unable to update.
I’ve set the folder owner as plex and the group as plex , I’ve set the permissions to 777.
Any suggestions ? Please, I’m pulling what’s left of my hair out.

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if you’re letting the automounter put things in /media – stop. The automounter grants you access when you sign in – excluding Plex – plus it unmounts when you sign out.

If you created new mount point directories for /etc/fstab

  • Set permissions of 755 on the mount point directory BEFORE mounting the first time

  • verify permissios (755 for dirs, 644 for files) after

Both are covered here:

If your media is remote (NAS), please see the rest of the Linux Tips. I show the How-To’s for NFS and CIFS there as well as a few other juicy tidbits.

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