Does the plex user require access to any Synology applications?

[ChuckPa]

Plex is defined as if any other user however:

1. It runs as a service
2. Synology required I use their synouser utility
3. It has a 256 bit random password which changes every time you update the package

Here is the actual script segment

synouser --get plex 2>1 > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

# create user with random password
  echo "Creating Plex user."
  synouser --add plex $(uuidgen) 'Plex User' 0 '' ''
else
  echo "Securing existing Plex user"
  synouser --setpw plex $(uuidgen)
  synouser --modify plex 'Plex User' 0 ''
fi

Having plex be a normal user gives you full control over what shares it can see on your NAS.