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Best Practice- users - RDeNatale - 2024-01-31
I’v just started moving from plex to Jellyfin. On setup I gave the admin user its own name. I also made a ‘plain’ user with the name I use for myself on the lan.
I’m not sure why I did that, might have seen something during the onboarding process.
Now I’m wondering if it would have been better to have used my regular username for the admin user, so I wouldn’t have separate watched status. I’d still create separate users for my wife etc.
Thoughts?
RE: Best Practice- users - tmsrxzar - 2024-01-31
imo, the admin account should only be used for admin roles not watching videos so there is no need to retain watched states for admin
my setup
admin - only does admin things
user1 - general all purpose household, can watch but cannot modify or do admin things
user2 - general+my stuff only
users3-99 - general+their own library