

sudo chown -R plex:plex /media/yourfolder/tv Or individual files in the hard drive if other folders are present that you do not want Plex to touch/access.

Sudo setfacl -R -m u:plex:rx /media/yourfolder/moviesĬhown way example: sudo chown -R plex:plex /media/yourfolder/ Setfalc way example: sudo setfacl -R -m u:plex:rx /media/yourfolder/ sudo setfacl -R -m u:plex:rx /media/yourfolder/tv This is partly due to Plex creating a dedicated user account named plexuser, which needs to read and execute permission on your media directories.įedora permissions can be set using chown or setfalc both are good. To access this, open your preferred Internet Browser and navigate to or Example:ĭuring the initial setup, you may have noticed that your media did not appear and or have problems adding content that won’t be picked up with Plex refusing to find the content on your existing hard drives internal and external secondaries. Now that Plex is installed on your system, you need to configure and finish the setup through the WebUI. Once the initial setup is done, you will then access your Plex Media Server with your remote server IP address like so. The above HTTP request will be redirected to remote server through an SSH tunnel. Or the alternative if the above address does not work. Now you can access the Plex Media Server by accessing the localhost in your web browser. Replace -L 8888:localhost:32400įor users new to SSH, you may need to install it. To achieve this, open your terminal and use the following command: sudo tee /etc//plex.repo<