PMS running on OpenMediaVault, i.e. debian, Linux 6.1.0-0.deb11.6-amd64 When ‘recording’ from a tuner, PMS is creating files and folders without write permissions for group. However I need group write permissions for another actual user in the same group to be able to sometimes manipulate the files…

[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, Centos 7, Debian 8,) you create …

Thanks @ChuckPa , however those instructions indicate 4 possible settings:- UMask=002 Umask=002 UMask=0002 Umask=0002 With a warning that it’s important to get it right (I’m guessing otherwise it simply won’t work), but no indication of which is correct, nor how to find out. I suspect this shou…

Ignore that question. ‘systemctl show plexmediaserver’ includes UMask=0022, so that will be the correct format. All sorted. Thanks again.

@UKenGB Those instructions support all variants of Linux Plex supports; inclusive of the NAS Linux systems. That’s why the warning exists :slight_smile: The installer does a lot for users but there are some things it can’t possibly know nor safely assume. Sometimes RTFM is your friend …

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