[mythtv-users] /dev/raw1394 permissions issues

[William]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gaberubin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I upgraded to fedora 10 from version 7, and I think I have solved all
>     the little issues that crop up during these upgrades except for one
>     issue.
>
>     After a reboot, my mythtv user does not have permission to
>     /dev/raw1394 until I do the following: chmod 666 /dev/raw1394.
>
>     I tried following the instructions here:
>     <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire#Method_2:_modify_udev_rules>,
>     but this rule does not affect the permissions post-reboot (I don't
>     know much about udev, so maybe the rule isn't even doing anything).
>
>     I can't figure out how to determine the /dev/raw1394 group membership
>     to add mythtv to that group as mentioned in the other method. When I
>     do an "ls -la /dev/raw*", it shows this "crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 171, 0
>     2007-02-11 13:36 /dev/raw1394" (after changing the permissions).  Does
>     that mean it is part of the root group.  If so, isn't that a bad idea
>     to make the mythtv user part of the root group?
>
>
> Why not just add the "chmod 666 /dev/raw1394" to your rc.local (or 
> equivalent) script so that it is executed on boot?  Or even add it to 
> the beginning of your mythbackend init script so it is run prior to 
> mythbackend starting...
>

Or add one of the groups that have permission for the device to your 
myth user. I forget which one I used, it been too long since I set it up.