Friends & permissions

Friends get accounts with rights per person and work only in the media library.

1:30First stepsSign in, set up Plex with the wizard, apps that wire themselves, invite a friend.

Roles and rights

Administrators manage the server. Friends get any of these rights: see status, view the library, add titles, delete titles, see downloads. Templates: View only, View and request, Everything for friends.

Invite links

Users & permissions → Invitations → Invite. Per link: rights, apps, valid 1 to 30 days, 1 to 20 accounts, optional end date for the accounts. The link is shown once; only a hash is stored. The friend picks a name and password and is signed in directly.

Managing users

• Search, filter (admins, friends, attention, without 2FA) and bulk actions: sign out, require new password, deactivate, delete.
• Rename a user without losing sessions, passkeys or rights. The old name stays blocked for 30 days.
• Friends can rename themselves if the rule allows it (default: every 7 days).
• Friends and admins can delete their own account under My account, unless you turn the rule off. The owner cannot; transfer ownership to another admin first under Users & permissions, or with zh owner transfer.
• Activity per user and an audit trail of all changes.

On the server

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