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

Plex Media Server Plex Pass Betas
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Hi Chuck,

A couple of years ago I found a tutorial to change the plex user and had the following configuration until today.

  1. 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
  1. Assigned my user as owner of /var/lib/plexmediaserver/
sudo chown -R myUser:myUser /var/lib/plexmediaserver/

However, following Tiebierius’ post, I looked up the override.conf file and applied this solution.
Therefore, I removed the local.conf, added a override.conf

# Identify this as a service override
[Service]

#  These values are only needed if you wish to change user & group
User=myUser
Group=myUser

I left myUser as the owner of the /var/lib/plexmediaserver/ as I tried to change the owner as plex user but plex wasn’t starting due to read/write issues, I hope this is correct.

Reloaded systemctl and restarted plex server, I was now able to update plex successfully.
So it’s all good now.

Thanks