quadlet: drop the userns identity model — rootless cannot map uid 997

Evidence from the failed first cutover: podman top shows container root
maps to dank (1000) under UserNS=host rootless (subuid range 100000:65536
cannot express 997), so PUID=997 fell back to root and PMS crash-looped on
write access to its 997:984-owned data root. Fleet model instead: PUID=0/
PGID=0 (container root = dank, same as jellyfin/copyparty data roots) and
deploy_plex chowns /var/lib/plexmediaserver to 1000:1000 inside the
first-cutover block. Zero bytes moved; rollback regains one chown -R
997:984 step, documented in Plex.md. Seam test pins PUID=0/PGID=0 and the
absence of any userns key.
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Frank
2026-09-01 22:46:00 -07:00
parent 1939135e4c
commit 58aa084d9c
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@@ -672,10 +672,15 @@ deploy_plex() {
if ! systemctl --user is-active -q plex.service; then
# First cutover: retire the native package unit BEFORE starting the
# container — both cannot own 32400. Mask (not disable): on these hosts
# `systemctl disable` deletes the unit file itself; mask keeps an
# instant byte-safe rollback while nothing is signed off yet.
# `systemctl disable` deletes the unit file itself; mask keeps a
# one-command rollback while nothing is signed off yet.
run_privileged systemctl stop plexmediaserver.service
run_privileged systemctl mask plexmediaserver.service
# Rootless identity model: container root maps to the dank user
# (uid 1000) — real uid 997 is not mappable rootless. Adopt the data
# root into the fleet convention (jellyfin et al. run as 1000:1000).
# Rollback chowns it back to 997:984 before restarting the native unit.
run_privileged chown -R 1000:1000 /var/lib/plexmediaserver
fi
systemctl --user restart plex.service
# Readiness gate: /identity answers MediaContainer XML once PMS is up;