Hi, I am running plex (1.18.4.2171) with another owner than the standard plex user since always and never had any issue upgrading plex. However, today trying to update to 1.18.5.2260, I got the following error Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_1.18.5.2260-056ab4be9_amd64.deb ... Removed /etc/sy…

Create an override.conf file. [image] Linux Tips Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Customizing your Plex configuration on systemd based systems This information is intended for those systems where cat /proc/1/comm returns systemd. On systems which use Systemd (Ubuntu 16+, Fedora, C…

David, If you refer to the Plex Media Server installation update issues thread, you’ll find that there is a condition where PMS is legitimately configured without being owned by username plex. That condition has been reduced to a Warning. In the above text message from Preinstallation verifica…

Hi Chuck, A couple of years ago I found a tutorial to change the plex user and had the following configuration until today. I had a local.conf file (/etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/local.conf) containing the following lines [Service] User= User=myUser Group= Group=myUser Assigned…

David, Confirm for me please? /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/local.conf did not work /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf did work Which distro & version this is ? As for setting ownership of all directories and files under PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SU…

Hi Chuck Correct Correct Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-74-generic x86_64) Hope this helps and thanks for confirming user/group ownership.

David, Then good. I will need tighten up on the allowed .conf files. I was trying to be generous and retain backward compatibility by accepting the *.conf file found (provided there is only 1 file present in plexmediaserver.service.d. It seems that systemd has advanced a bit and I need check ag…

Can't install update 1.18.5.2260 when plex user is not the owner

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Can't install update 1.18.5.2260 when plex user is not the owner

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