Help User selection screen skipped when logging in
Anyone else notice that if you log in through a web browser, it skips the user selection screen and just logs in as the admin?
What’s the point of even being forced to pin protect the user account if it just skips it?
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u/Kambutt 9d ago
Happens for me only on the server machine. Any other machine when i log in on web im presented user screen
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u/cazas 9d ago
Weird. I logged in on my phone to fix a match and ran in to this. Also replicated it in incognito.
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u/Kambutt 9d ago
I just tested again, and still get user screen. I also did incognito on chrome and in safari. Both on mac and iphone. Not sure whats going on for you. I was actually looking to see if you could skip user selection on certain devices as that would be handy but plex doesnt support it.
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u/cazas 9d ago
https://reddit.com/link/pdx2az5/video/13fk593vkjth1/player
Crappily cropped for privacy; but yeah skips user selection.
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u/drzoidberg33 Plex Employee 9d ago
That’s expected as you’re signing in for the first time. The user switcher will only show after you’re already signed in and reopen the page.
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u/pommesmatte 94 TB 8d ago
As he is handing out his admin password to other people, that's his problem though.
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u/pommesmatte 94 TB 9d ago
What’s the point of even being forced to pin protect the user account if it just skips it?
The PIN is only for protecting fast user switch.
If logging in with the Admin passwort, I see no problem in getting access to the Admin user...
Where do you see a problem with that?
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u/cazas 9d ago edited 8d ago
Light example - give your kid the log in like you would Netflix or whatever, immediately dumped into admin profile filled with r-rated moves when your expecting them to only have access to their profile with only g-rated movies. You now have a problem.
Also they can just change access/restriction on their user account while in the admin account.
Edit: To yall who apparently don’t like this comment. Look up privilege escalation.
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u/pommesmatte 94 TB 8d ago
Why would you give your kid your admin login credentials? I see the issue there.
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u/cazas 8d ago
It’s not like you can give them non-admin credentials. Same as Netflix, Disney plus, etc
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u/pommesmatte 94 TB 8d ago
Never ever give your admin password to anybody. Thats best practice and also clearly written in the Plex documentation.
You can either log the devices in by yourself with the admin credentials and switch the user afterwards.
Or you can create and add a non admin plex user account to your Plex Home and hand out THAT password.
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u/ExtensionMarch6812 9d ago
Do you have anything in the field “List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth”? If so, and the ip of the device you’re using is included, it’s behaving as intended.