Script to fix Plex permissions in Linux

plex_fix_permissions.bash

#!/bin/bash
folders_to_fix=()

#-----------USER EDITABLE SETTINGS----------------------------
#Edit these lines, one for each of your plex root folders. If you only have one plex folder, then you only need one line.
folders_to_fix+=("/mnt/2tb/dropbox/videos/plex")
folders_to_fix+=("/mnt/4tb/plex")
folders_to_fix+=("/mnt/12tb/4kmovies")

#Edit this line if you need to change the Group that plex and your user account use to access these folders
DATAGROUP=plex
#-------------------------------------------------------------


#Users should not need to edit anything below this line.
func_testplexaccess(){
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "Error: Please provide a folder as an argument."
      exit 1
  fi
  local folder="$1"
  if sudo -u plex [ -r $folder ] && sudo -u plex [ -w $folder ]; then
  	echo Plex already has some access to this folder
  else
  	echo Plex does NOT currently have r/w access to this folder
  fi
}

func_fixplexpermissions(){
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "Error: Please provide a folder as an argument."
      exit 1
  fi
  local folder="$1"
  echo Fixing permissions for folder $folder
    if [ ! -d "$folder" ]; then
        echo "Error: Folder '$folder' does not exist."
        exit 1
    fi
  func_testplexaccess "$folder"
  echo "--Changing ownership..."
  sudo chown -R $USER:$DATAGROUP $folder
  echo "--Setting umask..."
  umask 0007 $folder
  echo "--Setting permissions..."
  chmod u+rwx,g+srwx,o-rwx $folder
  find $folder -type f -exec chmod -R u+rw-x,g+rw-x,o-rwx "{}" \;  
  find $folder -type d -exec chmod -fR u+rwx,g+srwx,o-rwx "{}" \;

  #Testing access....
  if sudo -u plex [ ! -r $folder ] || sudo -u plex [ ! -w $folder ]; then
  	echo Something went wrong. Plex still can not access folder $folder
    echo May need to consider running chmod with --parent
    echo consider chown $USER:plex on all parent folders, and chmod 710
    exit 1
  else
  	echo -e "Plex access tested, and confirmed successful\n"
  fi
}
#------------------------------------------------------- 

if ! command -v members &> /dev/null
then
    echo "members is not installed. please install it"
    exit 1
fi

if groups "$USER" | grep -q "\b$DATAGROUP\\b"; then
  echo "User $USER is already in the $DATAGROUP group, this is good"
else
  echo "ERROR You need to add $USER to the $DATAGROUP group"
  echo "Use this command: sudo useradd –G $DATAGROUP $USERNAME"
  exit 1
fi

for element in "${folders_to_fix[@]}"; do
        func_fixplexpermissions "$element"
done