i think its fixed! thank you so much!
i actually kinda knew that i have the permissions messed up, i’m still catching on with the BSD perms. i just didn’t think that would be the issue for SSL. i simply gave the “plex” user full permissions for the entire directory, recursively
i connected securely for the first time from 2 different remote connections AND locally as well 
would you maybe check the fresh logs to verify that we fixed it permanently?
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(all verbose logging finally turned off now)
thank you so much. if you ever find yourself in Croatia, give me a ring so i can treat you to a nice meal
