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Asked: 2018-02-12 08:11:57 +0800 CST

How can I access a Windows NTFS drive on a plex server

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I'm using Windows 10 and Ubuntu dual booting.

I've installed plex server but it cannot access my Windows volume (C,D)

I have run the commands

sudo chmod -R 777
gedit /etc/fstab

and added the volume in the fstab file

I ran cat /proc/mounts

and added this line in /etc/fstab

/dev/sda2 /media/virajlinux/New\040Volume fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0

That didn't work, so I tried this line

/dev/sda2 /media/virajlinux/New\040Volume fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 2

I unsuccessfully tried:

I want to run plex without any effect on Windows 10.

How can I fix it?

add folder dialogue

permissions dual-boot mount 16.04 plex

3 Answers

  1. Had the same issue, found the solution:

    sudo setfacl -m u:plex:rx /media/{USERNAME}/

    For this question in this specific case you need to run

    sudo setfacl -m u:plex:rx /media/virajlinux/
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  2. You have a dual-boot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu, Plex server installed on the Ubuntu partition. You want to read the Windows ntfs partions "C" and "D" but you don't want write access to make sure that Windows 10 runs without any issues later.

    Assuming that your Windows partions are /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda3, put the following lines in /etc/fstab:

    /dev/sda2                                  /media/virajlinux/C     ntfs         defaults,umask=002         0       0
/dev/sda3                                  /media/virajlinux/D     ntfs         defaults,umask=002         0       0

    and point Plex to them accordingly. Windows drives are mounted at boot of the Ubuntu partition with the Plex media server, and they are read-only.

    This should give you what you want.

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  3. I would suggest installing ntfs-3g (as mentioned in the comments)

    sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

    then edit the fstabfile with your favorite ediotr

    sudo nano /etc/fstab

    to this

    /dev/sda2 /media/virajlinux/New\040Volume ntfs-3g    permissions,locale=en_US.utf8    0   2

    Disclaimer: There are a lot of options you can pass here, but with **permissions** you can do things likechmodorchown, which might help withplex`.

    Then, if the volume /dev/sda2 is not mounted do

    sudo mount -a

    if you get an error similar to 

    mount: /dev/sda2 is busy

    then do 

    sudo umount /dev/sda2 && sudo mount -a
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