Should I use setfacl to give plex access to media/content or change the linux user that plex runs as

[ChuckPa]

Have you considered ----

1. In the VM, you set perms “755” (which mask to 644 for files)
   -and/or-
2. On the native host, you set setgid inheritance (‘g+s’) and set it the first time
   – From that point forward. anything written will receive permissions of the parent (which you’ve set)

Linux Tips

Automating Linux permissions using inheritance (helps with DVR/LiveTV too) Linux has a very powerful and convenient way of automatically setting the permissions of your media files as you add more to your media directories. Linux allows only one username and one group to own a file which is somewhat of a restriction. This can be easily leveraged to accomplish what is needed for Plex. An excellent application of this is when you wish to record with Plex DVR, allowing it to write directly in…

FWIW: I hate docker. I do use LXC. The power of a full host without the overhead of a VM