systems:media_server:create_the_basic_directory_structure_of_the_media_library
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Systems - Media Server - Create the Basic Directory Structure of the Media Library
The directory structure should look like this:
mnt/media/ ├── movies/ ├── tv/ ├── music/ ├── books/ └── photos/
Create the Media Directories
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/media/movies /mnt/media/tv /mnt/media/music /mnt/media/books /mnt/media/photos
NOTE: All the media directories fall under the centralized /mnt/media directory.
Verify the Media Directories
ls -l /mnt/media
returns:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 16:36 books/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 16:36 movies/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 16:36 music/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 16:36 photos/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 16:36 tv/
NOTE: The permissions of the media directories are root:root.
Change ownership of the directories
sudo chown -R peter:peter /mnt/media
NOTE: This ensures that the user has access to these directories.
Verify the ownership change worked
ls -l /mnt/media
returns:
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 books drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 movies drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 music drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 photos drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 tv
Grant Read, Write, and Execute to this user
sudo chmod -R 770 /mnt/media/
Verify the permission change worked
ls -l /mnt/media
returns:
drwxrwx--- 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 books drwxrwx--- 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 movies drwxrwx--- 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 music drwxrwx--- 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 photos drwxrwx--- 2 peter peter 4096 May 30 16:36 tv
systems/media_server/create_the_basic_directory_structure_of_the_media_library.txt · Last modified: 2025/05/30 16:42 by peter