Can't access my media on my server after password change

Plex Media Server
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OK, couple of things.

Ran:

plex_usr@bod-plex:/usr/lib/plexmediaserver$ ls -la
total 44312
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Apr  1 18:15 "'."
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root     4096 Apr  8 12:17  .
drwxr-xr-x 81 root root     4096 Apr  8 12:16  ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1599960 Apr  5 15:17  CrashUploader
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    12288 Apr  8 12:17  lib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   408520 Apr  5 14:54 'Plex Commercial Skipper'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4505352 Apr  5 15:13 'Plex DLNA Server'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   138072 Apr  5 14:54 'Plex Media Fingerprinter'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  7680552 Apr  5 15:17 'Plex Media Scanner'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 25275824 Apr  5 15:19 'Plex Media Server'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   746768 Apr  5 14:54 'Plex Relay'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    12576 Apr  5 14:54 'Plex Script Host'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   271440 Apr  5 14:54 'Plex Transcoder'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4679632 Apr  5 14:54 'Plex Tuner Service'
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root    12288 Apr  8 12:17  Resources

… and then …

plex_usr@plex_server:/usr/lib/plexmediaserver$ find . -iname "Preferences.xml"

Still nada.

So does mean if I made a new one with the template info:

    PlexOnlineHome="1"
    PlexOnlineMail="plex_usr@plex_server.com"
    PlexOnlineToken="RanDoMHexIDecIALtoKeNheRE"
    PlexOnlineUsername="lord_of_the_plex"

… and save it with the token from the https://plex.tv/claim, I would be on the road to fixing this.

I only ask because the ChuckPa post does not make much sense from a linux stand point.

So just for full disclosure the plex media server is running on a Ubuntu 20.04 server (headless). So trying to follow the linux section on Why am I locked out of Server Settings and how do I get in?

Ran:

sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver
cd /usr/lib/plexmediaserver
sudo touch ./Preferences.xml       # Since file did not exist in the first place, made a blank one.
sudo chmod a+x ./Preferences.xml     #To give it the same  r/w/x privileges as everything else
sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver

Then from my remote laptop I typed into my browser (http://10.0.1.18:32400/web/index.html), again because the server is headless. Signed out, cleared my cache, logged back in.

Still with no success. And by that I mean, I could login, but there was no difference. So no actual “claiming” took place. So I was wondering, if I was to copy/paste the token into the newly created Preferences.xml would that make a difference.