# Plex Pass - Lifetime **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [January 18, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999 "2018-01-18T07:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hamilton\_House](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hamilton_house/32/25296_2.png) [@Hamilton\_House](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hamilton_House)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/1 "2018-01-18T07:16:38Z")
Been a user for a few years, šŸ™‚ Finally downloaded and installed the server for the few devices i have. Mum now lives with us so setting up different users is neededā€¦I see that Plex Pass allows thisā€¦Would love the email for lifetime offerā€¦ Feel free to contact me as i have never seen it in my email boxā€¦Maybe i missed it. Peter ---
**Author:** ![Elijah\_Baley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elijah_baley/32/10336_2.png) [@Elijah\_Baley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Elijah_Baley)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/2 "2018-01-18T11:52:04Z")
You do NOT need a Plex Pass to have separate users. All you need is to set up, or have the users set up, unique free Plex accounts with unique emails. Then simply share whatever libraries you wish with each user. Plex Home allows yo to set up users without the Plex accounts but it does require Plex Pass. For most users I recommend the non-Plex Pass option for many reasons not the least of which is if you are using Plex Hpme and your internet is down for any reason you loose all Plex functionality. Plex Home requires a connection to the Plex servers to verify that you have a Plex Pass and if that check fails then all functionality is lost. If everything is on the local network then setting up sharing by either method is very easy and, generally, remote users are only a little harder to get going. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/3 "2018-01-18T11:58:10Z")
If your mum has her own media devices then you donā€™t need Plex Pass. If you are however sharing some media players (classic example: TV in living room), then Plex Pass makes it possible to switch user accounts quickly. (Whether mum can be bothered to do that is another matter.) ---
**Author:** ![Hamilton\_House](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hamilton_house/32/25296_2.png) [@Hamilton\_House](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hamilton_House)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/4 "2018-01-23T06:55:58Z")
Elijah\_Baley Thanks for Reply Guysā€¦ Well thatā€™s a negative to getting Plex Pass lifetime if it needs to call homeā€¦ so separate free accounts will show what mum has been watching on her television ā€“ While we will see what we have been watching on ours?? Currently all devices log into the one server ā€“ (House Server) So everyone user sees what being/been watched from any device. The goal was to separate users so that so each users watched, partial watched etc. is separated. That way all can keep track of what they are up to instead of trying to figure it out amongst all the other users watched stuff. No internet equals no Plex Pass features, really Damn. was going to give them money but your suggestion sounds Sensible and should work, Yes everything is home network based šŸ˜ƒ Thankyou Peter ---
**Author:** ![Hamilton\_House](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hamilton_house/32/25296_2.png) [@Hamilton\_House](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hamilton_House)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/5 "2018-01-23T07:02:49Z")
OttoKerner yes mum lives in a granny flat next door ā€œhard wiredā€ Ethernet to my internet/network šŸ˜„ so she watches in her flat with her devices computer ,Tablet and TV off my network. While we watch on our devices in our house TVā€™s/tablets computers so sounds setting up a new user in her name and sharing to that user is the goā€¦ Peter ---
**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:** [January 23, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/6 "2018-01-23T12:57:20Z")
Youā€™ll still need internet access in this scenario. Any user authentication is done against [plex.tv](http://plex.tv) You can only operate without internet access when you disable authentication completely (which means any client will have the same acess as you as Administrator - so separating the OnDeck and progress etc is not possible.) ---
**Author:** ![Hamilton\_House](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hamilton_house/32/25296_2.png) [@Hamilton\_House](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hamilton_House)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/7 "2018-01-24T04:51:05Z")
Thanks guys have it all up and running apart from one Device (in mums flat) , **A blu-ray player Samsung thatā€™s is getting an ā€œAccess deniedā€ from my server as a messageā€¦** :ā€™( I have put the IP address of the blu-ray in the server setting but its still not being allowed to connect, 1. If I put my main account as the user in the blu-ray it works ā€œSo its not the deviceā€ 2, mums account works on the tablet and the computer in her flat --ā€œSo its not user permissionā€ 2. all mums devices hook up to same router - So not router issue 3. I have Associated the Blu-ray with her account What am I missingā€¦?? Peter ---
**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:** [January 24, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/8 "2018-01-24T12:17:00Z")
> @ā€œHamilton Houseā€ said: > **A blu-ray player Samsung thatā€™s is getting an ā€œAccess deniedā€ from my server as a messageā€¦** šŸ˜¢ > I have put the IP address of the blu-ray in the server setting but its still not being allowed to connect, I recommend you to take that question over to the developer of this Plex app [https://forums.plex.tv/categories/samsung-smart-hub](https://forums.plex.tv/categories/samsung-smart-hub) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pass-lifetime/221999/9 "2020-01-08T00:28:20Z")