I have the newest current available plex pass version running under ubuntu, not the docker version. I have a reverse proxy running under nginx and I cant seem to get Plex to not force a login. I also have the preferences with the setting disableRemoteSecurity=“1” and that is not working either. I also tried to enter 0.0.0.0/0 into the allowed without authentication and it comes up with an error that Plex wont except it. I am a VERY experienced user and I know the risks of this type of setting. Is there a way I can FORCE Plex to not require authentication?
I don’t think that’s the correct format for the auth block. As I understand, it needs to be the IP of the machine followed by the mask, like this: 10.45.19.44/255.255.255.255. If you want all computers on that network, make the mask 255.255.255.0. I believe you can expand the IP block as well, but you can’t use 0.0.0.0 to say “hey, anyone on the internet can access my server without auth.”
0.0.0.0/0 is the standard for “everything” and Plex understands it because the error message is “Illegal whitelist has all-zeroes netmask”. if I start to specify all the networks I need it comes up with something like “too many wan addresses”.
I dont want to have to manage 3 different passwords to get into my site, two is enough.
How can I get Plex to not require any authentication. An older version of the software did allow this setting, but it seems to have been changed.
I just looked it up again - the error I get is “ERROR - Illegal whitelist covers multiple WAN IPs”
In doing some more research it looks like it was specifically codded this way. Adding 10.0.0.0/8 works, 9.0.0.0/8 throws the “ERROR - Illegal whitelist covers multiple WAN IPs” The biggest issue I have is I work with a fortune 500 company the owns a /16 block. I dont want to make 255 entries in the “allow these ips” block. I doubt if it would even have enough space to allow it. I am thinking now that I am going to have to write a routine that when someone hits my server it automatically adds the entry into the whitelist and reloads the server. Crap way to do it when supposedly the PLEX_DISABLE_SECURITY is supposed to work.
Anyone else that is running into this issue I recommend trying Emby. It is opensource and does not suffer from this annoying issue. If I come up with a solution I will post it.
