# Local user Managment

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-user-managment/43321>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [September 23, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-user-managment/43321 "2013-09-23T22:26:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![valementar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac8455/32.png) [@valementar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/valementar)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-user-managment/43321/1 "2013-09-23T22:26:35Z")

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I would like to see local user management instead of having to authenticate with Plex servers for us that want to manage users ourselves, tying in to AD or ldap would be nice as well.

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**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-user-managment/43321/2 "2013-09-23T22:40:30Z")

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> I would like to see local user management instead of having to authenticate with Plex servers for us that want to manage users ourselves, tying in to AD or ldap would be nice as well.

Please do a little search, before popping up new ideas, cuz otherwise votes gets scattered over threads, and loose their impact...

Take a peek here for a start, and there's more:

[http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/81406-feature-request-ldap-authentication-optional-local-authentication/?p=468153](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/81406-feature-request-ldap-authentication-optional-local-authentication/?p=468153)

Best Regards

Tommy

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-user-managment/43321/3 "2013-09-23T23:24:17Z")

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Thread Locked - Duplicate request. See post above

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-user-managment/43321/4 "2018-08-03T10:21:22Z")

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