Phil,
DSM 7 changed everything about user accounts and applications.
As I stated in my Forum Prevew announcement.
- The user we run as is now is an internal system user called
PlexMediaServer
This was done because Synology created their own “class” of users for Linux.
- Traditionally - System accounts numbered UID 1 → 1024
- Normal Users - 1025 → 65535
- System Internal User - 131072+
All applications were moved form Normal user class → System Internal User class
When they did this, they also created the equivalent of a “Poor Man’s Container”.
- The app has no ‘admin’ privileges whatsoever. I don’t even install PMS anymore. It does all the setup.
- The app must request any and all access from DSM as it launches
- They further restricted everything they possibly could .
What has happened, in a nutshell, DSM 7 is no longer an easy platform to write applications for.
I’ve been in near-constant dialog with Synology about their continued efforts to minimize DSM.
There are more breaking changes coming for DSM 7.
If I, as a Synology owner/customer, were to share my opinion, I would think they don’t want to spend any effort on supporting it anymore. Such a posture would be consistent with statements made by their CEO a few years ago where they announced they intend to focus on the Enterprise market and don’t see themselves as being focused in the consumer market anymore.
I’ve looked around and not found any references to Synology in the Enterprise space do I’d be curious to see one of their Enterprise grade petabyte solutions.
