Hey all, I’m stumped for the first time since adopting Linux. I can’t get Plex to see any of my folders and I cannot just move my movies to plexmediaserver because I don’t have the permissions.
I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the permissions commands and I’m not sure what the simplest way to set up my Plex library is. Has anyone been through this process that can help me out?
I remember running into this as well. It’s because Plex installs itself with its own user. So post-install, you need to add the Plex account to your user Group and restart the service.
sudo usermod -a -G <yourUserName> plex
sudo service plexmediaserver restart
Two commands and bam! You’re in business.
ref: https://askubuntu.com/questions/458547/i-cannot-get-plex-server-to-see-any-directories#1472193
Really appreciate this. I didn’t realize I could use my username as a group.