# Plex server without access to mounted drive

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-without-access-to-mounted-drive/741575>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [September 7, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-without-access-to-mounted-drive/741575 "2021-09-07T11:22:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dbrenha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dbrenha/32/121634_2.png) [@dbrenha](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbrenha)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-without-access-to-mounted-drive/741575/1 "2021-09-07T11:22:14Z")

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Server Version#: 1.24.2.4973-2b1b51db9\_amd64  
Player Version#:  
Hello.  
i’m having a small problem configuring plex.  
Basically I can’t add a mounted drive or any folders inside to the library.  
The folders inside have the following permissions:

```auto
dbrenha@DELTA:~$ ls -la /mnt/ssd1tb/
total 32
drwx------ 5 dbrenha dbrenha 4096 set 6 16:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 set 6 15:52 ..
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 set 6 15:51 lost+found
drwxrwxr-x 3 dbrenha dbrenha 4096 set 6 16:33 SteamLibrary
drwxr-xr-x 4 dbrenha dbrenha 4096 set 6 15:53 Video

```

They are the same as the stuff on my user folder and plex scans accesses them fine!  
Can anyone help me?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-without-access-to-mounted-drive/741575/2 "2021-09-07T11:30:06Z")

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Is your Plex server unning under the user account `dbrenha`?  
(it uses the user account `plex` and is member of the user group `plex` by default, AFAIK)

Introduction to Linux permissions: [Linux Permissions Guide | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288596-linux-permissions-guide/)

Linux tips & tricks: [Topics tagged server-linux-tips](https://forums.plex.tv/tags/c/plex-media-server/computers/server-linux-tips)

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**Author:** ![dbrenha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dbrenha/32/121634_2.png) [@dbrenha](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbrenha)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-without-access-to-mounted-drive/741575/3 "2021-09-07T12:54:19Z")

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it is running as its own user, but afaik it has permissions to read the files, in fact it does on anything on the user folder, but on the mounted drive, it doesn’t go beyond /mnt/ssd1tb

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**Author:** ![dbrenha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dbrenha/32/121634_2.png) [@dbrenha](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbrenha)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-without-access-to-mounted-drive/741575/4 "2021-09-07T13:04:22Z")

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Nevermind, I got it. It was the permissions on /mnt/ssd1tb not the ones inside, since it was created when mounted it didn’t have the standard permission set. to fix it I just used “sudo chmod 755 /mnt/ssd1tb”.  
I was up for hours last night trying to figure this one out, only to get it as soon as I asked for help… 🤦‍♂️

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-without-access-to-mounted-drive/741575/5 "2021-12-06T13:04:27Z")

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