# Ubuntu + Docker image + ACL: Does Plex support this configuration?

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** server-linux, server-docker\
**Created:** [January 21, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ubuntu-docker-image-acl-does-plex-support-this-configuration/867025 "2024-01-21T21:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![csefi007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@csefi007](https://forums.plex.tv/u/csefi007)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ubuntu-docker-image-acl-does-plex-support-this-configuration/867025/1 "2024-01-21T21:58:51Z")

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Hello,

I have a Ubuntu server and a Plex installed using docker compose. I have created a user in Ubuntu and granted rwx permission on the directory/subdirectories and files using ACL (This is important, I dont use the traditional Unix permission!! I used “setfacl -R -m u:username:rwx /path”, hence the user is not the owner of the folders/files) In the docker compose I mapped the PUID to user id. (- PUID=1007)

1. On the host I can login with the user and see the files and folder (so the ACL permissions are configured properly)
2. I logged in to the running docker container using this commnad: “docker exec -it -u:1007 plex /bin/sh” and I was able to browse the mountned volumes from the host. I can see the files and folders. I even created a new file. On the host if I check the permission of this file, the owner is the root user and the group is the user’s group.
3. I can also add the folder as library on the Plex management dashboard

However Plex is unable to scan the folder. It is giving me the following error message:  
Couldn’t check for the existence of file “/downloads/MovieName/.plexignore”: boost::filesystem::status: Permission denied [system:13]:  
OR  
Failed to create iterator to “/tv-series”: Permission denied

I was wondering, is this configuration supported? Or does Plex can only deal with the traditional Unix permissions?

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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:** [April 20, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ubuntu-docker-image-acl-does-plex-support-this-configuration/867025/2 "2024-04-20T21:59:39Z")

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