ollama - 💡(How to fix) Fix folder access

Giving folder access to Ollama.

Users can give folder access to Ollama through Settings using an allow list / deny list.

By default, no folders are accessible for privacy and security reasons.

After adding a folder (for example, user/abc/some_folder_user_decide_to_add) to Ollama, users can choose what permissions Ollama has for that folder:

• Read-only
• Write-only
• Read and write may be
• Modify files
• Create files
• Delete files

This allows users to place files containing personal information, notes, documents, or anything else they want Ollama to know inside the approved folder.

It works like a memory feature, but instead of storing information internally, Ollama can directly access user-approved folders.

Ollama can index the folder and use the files inside it as context when needed, while respecting the permissions set by the user. When folder access is granted, Ollama should be able to:

Scan the folder Build embeddings/indexes Detect file changes Automatically re-index updated files Search relevant content during conversations