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====== Systems - Media Server - Create the Basic Directory Structure of the Media Library ======

The directory structure should look like this:

<code>
mnt/media/
├── movies/
├── tv/
├── music/
├── books/
└── photos/
</code>    

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===== Create the Media Directories =====

<code bash>
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/media/movies /mnt/media/tv /mnt/media/music /mnt/media/books /mnt/media/photos
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  All the media directories fall under the centralized **/mnt/media** directory.
</WRAP>

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===== Verify the Media Directories =====

<code bash>
ls -l /mnt/media
</code>

returns:

<code>
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/
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  The permissions of the media directories are **root:root**.
</WRAP>

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===== Change ownership of the directories =====

<code bash>
sudo chown -R peter:peter /mnt/media
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  This ensures that the user has access to these directories.
</WRAP>

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===== Verify the ownership change worked =====

<code bash>
ls -l /mnt/media
</code>

returns:

<code>
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
</code>

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===== Grant Read, Write, and Execute to this user =====

<code bash>
sudo chmod -R 770 /mnt/media/
</code>

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===== Verify the permission change worked =====

<code bash>
ls -l /mnt/media
</code>

returns:

<code>
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
</code>

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