[mythtv-users] SVN MythWeb and Video, cannot create video_covers symlink
Mike LaPlante
mike at dividia.net
Wed Jun 6 22:29:24 UTC 2007
Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 06/02/2007 11:41 AM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
>
>> From: "Michael T. Dean"
>>
>>> On 06/01/2007 03:24 PM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
>>>
>>>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 06/01/2007 01:07 PM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Permissions look okay to me...
>>>>>> [root at myth data]# ls -lh
>>>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 30 Jun 1 12:00 video_covers ->
>>>>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythVideo
>>>>>> [root at myth .mythtv]# ls -lh
>>>>>> drwxrwxr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4.0K Apr 3 13:02 MythVideo
>>>>>>
>>>>> SymLinksIfOwnerMatch enabled? If so, "chown -h mythtv video_covers".
>>>>> And, remember that you'll have to create the link from now on.
>>>>>
>>>> That option is not enabled, is it supposed to be?
>>>>
>>> No, but if you did have it enabled, you'd get the results you're getting
>>> with the configuration you've shown.
>>>
>> Sorry, maybe I'm missing what you are hinting at. I don't have that option enabled, yet I'm still seeing these results.
>>
>>
>
> I'm saying ignore what I said. You verified that's not the cause. It's
> something else, but I don't know what.
>
> Mike
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Recapping hoping someone might have a suggestion.
In short, if I delete my /var/www/html/mythweb/data/video_covers symlink
each time I click a video related link in MythWeb then everything works.
If I leave the link in place (the link that mythweb itself just created)
it gives me this error ...
Could not create a symlink to /home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythVideo, the local
MythVideo artwork directory for this hostname
(myth.laplantefamily.net). Please create a symlink to your MythVideo
directory at data/video_covers in order to use the video artwork
portions of MythWeb.
I was glancing over the handler.php file in the mythweb folder, but my
php skills are limited to pretty much Hello Word. :-/ But that file is
the only file I see references to video_covers. This is obviously the
the part where I'm getting stopped at...
// Create the symlink, if possible.
else {
$dir = setting('VideoArtworkDir', hostname);
if ($dir) {
// You can't symlink on windows
if (strtoupper(substr(php_uname('s'), 0, 3)) != 'WIN') {
$ret = @symlink($dir, 'data/video_covers');
if (!$ret) {
custom_error("Could not create a symlink to $dir, the local MythVideo artwork"
.' directory for this hostname ('.hostname.'). Please create a'
.' symlink to your MythVideo directory at data/video_covers in order to'
.' use the video artwork portions of MythWeb.');
}
}
}
Maybe that means something to someone.
It may be worth noting that my original install was Myth-20.1-fixes, I
then upgraded to SVN. I know there were significant changes to MythWeb
in SVN and I had to reconfigure it. Also I notice in
/var/www/html/mythweb/data/ there are symlinks to my music directory and
stuff, all those seem to work which leads me to believe my apache is
configured right in regards to symlinks.
Thanks
Mike
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