[mythtv-users] Ownership problem on recordings.

[Eloy Paris]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 01:32:00PM +1000, john blue wrote:

[...]

> Live tv and tv recordings are being recorded as root : root as per the
> list here:
> 
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  7930001304 2009-06-27 23:11 1005_20090627202900.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        7777 2009-06-28 10:42 1005_20090627202900.mpg.100x56.png
> -rw-rw-rw- 1 root   root       68377 2009-06-27 23:11 1005_20090627202900.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  2853286340 2009-06-28 12:11 1022_20090628110000.mpg
> -rw-rw-rw- 1 root   root       64796 2009-06-28 12:11 1022_20090628110000.mpg.png
> 
> The directory & drive permissions are:
> 
> drwxrwxr-x 2 mythtv users 4096 2009-06-28 12:11 default
> drwxrwxr-x 2 mythtv users 4096 2009-06-28 11:21 livetv
> 
> 
> I have googled widely, looked at various forums, tried
> gossamer-threads, but I cannot find a clearcut answer as to why the
> recordings are owned by root !

What is the output from "ps aux"? Look specifically at the mythbackend
process.

Cheers,

Eloy Paris.-