# Plex Permissions on Raspberry Pi OS

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux, server-linux-arm\
**Created:** [February 12, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-permissions-on-raspberry-pi-os/869059 "2024-02-12T12:34:06Z")\
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When you mount USB drives (pretty much ANYTHING in /media)

1. Don’t let the automounter do it. Permissions look right but never work.  
(Nautilus does what it wants and not what it’s told )

2. Make a mount point directory away from /media which is stable and username-idependent.

This How-To has been available for a while 😉

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2):
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> Using other hard drives (Windows or Linux) with PMS This How-To is written to help with Internal and External drives. It also is written to demonstrate how to cope with NTFS and EXT4 formatted drives. By logical extension, any format supported by Linux can be handled using the technique shown here. In all cases, the goal is to give user plex permission to read your media files which Linux doesn’t allow by default due to its strict security model. We will walk through the steps needed …

The TL;DR -

1. You own the media and have full control.
2. You grant ‘plex’ permission (RO or RW) as you deem appropriate
3. Issues disappear

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