How to configure library with heirarchial shared file structure

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Keep in mind that the Plex Media Server isn’t running as admin. With DSM 7 it’s running under an „internal“ local system account called PlexMediaServer. In order for your server to be able to catalog your media you’ll need to give that user access to the folder/share in DSM.

Synology FAQ - Questions, Answers, and How-To's

FAQ 19: Setting permissions to allow Plex access to media files Before beginning, it’s important to remember one key point; Plex doesn’t have any special privileges on Synology except for being able to access the Video Transcoding acceleration hardware. It cannot read any of your files unless you expressly grant permission. This is a fundamental principle of Linux (which Synology uses for DSM) Because of how Synology grants permission, access to files is broken into two different …