# Recurring database corruption on Ubuntu Server

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [December 4, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recurring-database-corruption-on-ubuntu-server/762280 "2021-12-04T22:20:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![aliakhter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@aliakhter](https://forums.plex.tv/u/aliakhter)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recurring-database-corruption-on-ubuntu-server/762280/10 "2021-12-05T06:21:39Z")

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> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/3):
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> (Ubuntu 16+

I commented out the “PLEX\_MEDIA\_SERVER\_USER” change, the rest looks ok. I was only using the override for the user, nothing else like PLEX\_MEDIA\_SERVER\_APPLICATION\_SUPPORT\_DIR, therefore the database is in the default location.

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