# How to access other directories through jupyterhub?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-access-other-directories-through-jupyterhub/17363>\
**Category:** JupyterHub\
**Tags:** community, jupyterlab, jupyterhub\
**Created:** [December 27, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-access-other-directories-through-jupyterhub/17363 "2022-12-27T13:09:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![yagosaraiva\_vert](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/yagosaraiva_vert/32/9566_2.png) [@yagosaraiva\_vert](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/yagosaraiva_vert)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-access-other-directories-through-jupyterhub/17363/1 "2022-12-27T13:09:21Z")

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when we log in to jupyterhub we fall straight into the “/home/user” directory, we need to access another directory that is in “/mnt/disc01/git”, how do we access other directories?

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**Author:** ![manics](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/manics/32/85_2.png) [@manics](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/manics)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-access-other-directories-through-jupyterhub/17363/2 "2022-12-28T15:01:29Z")

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Have a read through

- [Minor UX - navigate to parent of entry point directory - #3 by manics](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/minor-ux-navigate-to-parent-of-entry-point-directory/8967/3)
- [Access files outside of notebook-dir · Issue #534 · jupyter-server/jupyter\_server · GitHub](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/issues/534)

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**Author:** ![yagosaraiva\_vert](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/yagosaraiva_vert/32/9566_2.png) [@yagosaraiva\_vert](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/yagosaraiva_vert)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-access-other-directories-through-jupyterhub/17363/3 "2022-12-29T14:13:00Z")

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I read these posts, but I didn’t understand the configuration

Could you provide an example configuration?