Step 1 – Stop The Emby-Server Service

systemctl stop emby-server

Step 2 – Check The Emby-Server Service have safely stopped

systemctl status emby-server

important – ensure the emby server has stopped and shows inactive (dead)

Step 3 – Amend the emby server service files
nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/emby-server.service

important – Replace “newuser” with the user you would like to use.

Change ‘User=emby’ to ‘User=newuser’

Save emby-server.service CTRL + O then Enter

Step 4 – change emby folder’s permission
chown -R newuser:newuser /var/lib/emby/

Step 5 – reload and check the emby server service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl start emby-server
systemctl status emby-server

Checking the status of emby you should see active (Running) shown in green below.

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