Introduction We’ve made a change which will make administering PMS easier on QNAP systems without interfering with QNAP’s philosophy and functionality in any way. This functionality is available as of PMS 1.19.5 and higher versions. Primary goals were: Ability to backup and restore your Plex ins…

FWIW I got the same error when updating to PMS 1.20.1 on QTS 4.4.3.1400. Could not do anything with edit or permissions etc. on PlexData share so removed it, added it back in using default, verified Admin had r/w permission. Restarted PMS and the error did not appear again.

Hi All, I’ve recently installed Plex Media Server on my QNAP TS-653D NAS. Upon installing PMS it created a shared folder called “PlexData”. Initially I couldn’t see the “PlexData” shared folder in File Station until I configured the shared folder permissions. Once I set the permission I could vie…

That’s correct behavior. QTS installs packages as user admin be default. I also use this convention because I never know how systems are used. I accepted this because it guarantees only the actual admin (or someone with admin login and full control) has permission. It’s a way of ensuring others …

I agree it must be a user rights issue but I’m 99.9% sure I’ve set all the permissions correctly for the “dan” user. It even shows R/W on the users permissions of the preferences.xml file I’m unable to open when using text editor see screenshots… [QNAP 01] [QNAP 02] [QNAP 03] [QNAP 04] [QNAP 0…

Having had a good read through all of the above more carefully (and not skim reading during my lunch break) I’m going to try the old trick of stop Plex, delete the PlexData share, recreate assigning the desired permissions and restart Plex. Having read all of the above I’m convinced this will solve …

One thing not stated: “Restarting QTS”. [image] Qnap faq.....read me first! Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Q28: How to use the PlexData share The PlexData share, available in PMS 1.19.5 and above, can be used in multiple ways, like: Obtain log files to post in…

So I stopped Plex, deleted the “PlexData” share folder keeping ‘delete the data’ box unchecked. I then recreated the share folder assigning R/W permissions accordingly but guess what?.. didn’t make any difference! Still only have RO permissions from the Plex Media Server folder and below for my dan …

@Shpaniel I understand what you’re trying to do but don’t think it’s going to work because the package is installed as user admin. admin is the owning UID & GID . On QNAP, admin translates to UID & GID = 0 (which is rootby all other references). The Plex files are written as UID = 0 (admin) …

I got this error also. Am I understanding this correctly, that /PlexData is just a symlink as it were to /share/CACHEDEV*_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer/Library/Plex Media Server for the purpose of displaying it in FileStation? I corrected it by removing and readding the folder via shared folders. It …

[image] disenterplex: Am I understanding this correctly, that /PlexData is just a symlink as it were to /share/CACHEDEV*_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer/Library/Plex Media Server for the purpose of displaying it in FileStation? Correct, as well as when created, it autoupdates if PMS is migrated to…

PlexData share for QNAP systems

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ChuckPa September 2, 2020, 12:56am 198

One thing not stated: “Restarting QTS”.

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