# "Your data directory is not writable" after Ubuntu upgrade

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/your-data-directory-is-not-writable-after-ubuntu-upgrade/251055>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** nc34, mac, app\_api, nc27\
**Created:** [October 15, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/your-data-directory-is-not-writable-after-ubuntu-upgrade/251055 "2026-10-15T20:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/scubamuc/32/63165_2.png) [@scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/scubamuc)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 8:18am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/your-data-directory-is-not-writable-after-ubuntu-upgrade/251055/5 "2026-10-16T08:18:38Z")

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alternatively you could **connect local directories** as described here:

> [@How to add samba shares and local shares to Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-add-samba-shares-and-local-shares-to-nextcloud-snap/216040#p-649449-connect-home-directory-8):
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> How to add samba shares and local shares to Nextcloud snap as external-storage [Snap confinement](https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-confinement) is a security feature and determines the amount of access an application has to system resources, such as files, the network, peripherals and services. Thus your Nextcloud snap is securely confined from the host system. Unless you specifically allow the Nextcloud snap to access the /media or /mnt directories on the host system, you will not be able to access any other directory outside of the confine…

now its clear you’re not using the snap, but the method is similar regardless of the installation method.

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