User running Plex on Linux

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Server Version#: 1.18.1.1973
Player Version#: All
Updating Plex Media Server on Linux PCs and Raspberry Pis results in the need to edit various files and ownership. So it goes as follows

Edit file /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service to change user=XXXX and group=XXXX # and replace XXXX with pi

sudo chown -R pi:pi /var/lib/plexmediaserver
sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver

Should I add plex as a user and group and to the sudoers list?

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Respectfully,

NO, Do not modify /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service

When updates are installed, anything in /lib is overwritten by the package manager.
I have set the flag to guarantee this.

To customize your PMS installation, which will persist from update to update,

Please use the systemd documented and supported method

https://forums.plex.tv/t/customizing-your-plex-configuration/205443

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As supplemental information,

Plex Media Server is intended to run as a non-privileged user.
At no time does it require or can it even invoke root privilege.

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