# Local music permissions issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/local-music-permissions-issues/5419>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [April 3, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/local-music-permissions-issues/5419 "2022-04-03T14:47:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlorianReiterer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/florianreiterer/32/2234_2.png) [@FlorianReiterer](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/FlorianReiterer)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/local-music-permissions-issues/5419/3 "2022-10-02T16:48:40Z")

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this:

> [@Mopidy-Local can't access folder](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-local-cant-access-folder/4599/10):
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> So what i did: Move the MUSIC Folder to /home/MUSIC chmod +x /home as root chown -R mopidy:audio /home/MUSIC chmod -R ug+rwx /home/MUSIC find /home/MUSIC -type d -exec chmod ug+x {} ; sudo mopidyctl local scan So i did the work after lot of screaming and debugging of log files and studding tutorials!

solved it for me.  
Good luck!

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