# Change Plex Media Server user

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-media-server-user/834240>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [March 12, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-media-server-user/834240 "2023-03-12T17:03:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vaites](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vaites/32/298622_2.png) [@vaites](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vaites)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-media-server-user/834240/1 "2023-03-12T17:03:49Z")

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Hi!

I’m using Plex Media Server, installed through official Debian repositories ([https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb](https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb)). I want to run PMS as other user (not _plex_) so I modified the file` /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/plexmediaserver.service` to change the user and group, but on each upgrade the file is overwritten. How can I make this change permanent? Why there’s no /etc/default/plexmediaserver or /etc/plex/server.conf to set these values?.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![pl\_5309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pl\_5309](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pl_5309)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-media-server-user/834240/2 "2023-03-12T17:38:37Z")

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Systemd uses override.conf file.

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/3):
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> 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, Centos 7, Debian 8,) you create this customization file which SystemD reads prior to launching PMS. This file is independent of the default configuration and service control mechanisms in /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service. Your customization override is preserved across updates, uninstal…

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**Author:** ![vaites](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vaites/32/298622_2.png) [@vaites](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vaites)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-media-server-user/834240/3 "2023-03-12T18:16:05Z")

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Thanks, I’m an old school Linux user and I see that I didn’t dig deep enough in systemd.

I tried with `sudo systemd edit plexmediaserver.service` and worked well.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-media-server-user/834240/4 "2023-06-10T18:16:23Z")

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