MickEP 0 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Hello, Yesterday, I had a user sign into emby on Apple TV, they have access to my server and it signed in as my administrator account without validation rather than their account!How is this possible? Is it a known glitch/error? Do i need to setup something that I have missed to prevent a user from switching to admin?Regards Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37023 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Hi there, were they using Emby Connect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickEP 0 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 Hi Luke, All the users that I have provided access are connected via Emby Connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37023 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 So more than likely, you must have linked your local admin account to their Emby Connect account. I would check this in your server dashboard users section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickEP 0 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 I just checked all the other users, they have emby connect and they are all using their own account. I have deleted them all now.....and its just my account.So if i re-add them, this shouldnt re-occur? Just a bit worried - sorry a bit new, i migrated over from Plex - where its a different setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37023 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 No, in the users section I would click on your admin user, and then check for that user, what Emby Connect account they are linked to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickEP 0 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 No, in the users section I would click on your admin user, and then check for that user, what Emby Connect account they are linked to. The name is the same as the emby connect username, which is my username for my (admin) account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14904 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Does your admin account have a password? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanCrisis 28 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I wan't to add to this. Everytime I add a user via "Emby Connect" they user's Emby Connect account is added to my administrator account. There is no way to add a separate Emby Connect account. This just started happening recently. It has been a few months since I've added a user and it wasn't a problem them. The only work around that I can think of is creating a "local account" then logging into that local account then adding the Emby Connect username to that local account. Anyhow, it freaked me out so I no longer add Emby Connect accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37023 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I wan't to add to this. Everytime I add a user via "Emby Connect" they user's Emby Connect account is added to my administrator account. There is no way to add a separate Emby Connect account. This just started happening recently. It has been a few months since I've added a user and it wasn't a problem them. The only work around that I can think of is creating a "local account" then logging into that local account then adding the Emby Connect username to that local account. Anyhow, it freaked me out so I no longer add Emby Connect accounts. Hi, this means you are linking the emby connect account to your admin user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickEP 0 Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Hi, this means you are linking the emby connect account to your admin user. Luke, I simply go to Users > Add User > Invite with Emby Connect. To add a new user. So does this method of adding a user "link" them to my emby admin user? Just trying to get my head around it as right now, I have had to remove all users due to the fact that I am not sure if they can all admin the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanCrisis 28 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Ok I think I understand why it is doing this. Several months ago I removed my Emby account from my Emby server. I see the warning now: In order to invite guests you need to first link your Emby account to this server I must not have been paying attention to the warning. Anyhow, I removed my Emby account from the server for added security. Is there necessarily added security. Perhaps once my server is more secure I'll add link my user account to my Emby account and try again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansblackcat 37 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I had the same issue where a user logged in using my profile rather than theirs. As ebr mentioned "Does your admin account have a password?", this was my issue. My emby connect has a password but there's another one needed for my admin account. I just simply set one up and now other users can't "accidentally" log in as me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8252 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Ok I think I understand why it is doing this. Several months ago I removed my Emby account from my Emby server. I see the warning now: In order to invite guests you need to first link your Emby account to this server I must not have been paying attention to the warning. Anyhow, I removed my Emby account from the server for added security. Is there necessarily added security. Perhaps once my server is more secure I'll add link my user account to my Emby account and try again. If you have not linked a connect account, the first guest you invite will be linked to a local user account and not actually have their own account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanCrisis 28 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 If you have not linked a connect account, the first guest you invite will be linked to a local user account and not actually have their own account. Got it... seems kind of strange. I added my Emby account back in to a none admin account. So hopefully this will be mitigated in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaSSiO 0 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I have the same problem, how did u fix it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8252 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, MaSSiO said: I have the same problem, how did u fix it ? Please elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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