[mythtv-users] Permission problems

Kevon mythtv at reidsresidence.com
Sat Sep 4 11:37:12 UTC 2010


On 09/04/2010 07:23 AM, Josu Lazkano wrote:
> 
> $ ls -l /var/lib/mythtv/
> total 8
> drwxr-sr-x 2 root mythtv 4096 Sep  1 19:02 livetv
> drwxr-sr-x 2 root mythtv 4096 Sep  1 19:02 recordings
> 
> 
> I restart the backend as root, and I run the fronted as a normal user.
> 
> Thanks for all your help, best regards.
> 

You'll need group write permission on both the livetv and recordings
directory. Ensure your 'normal' user is in the mythtv group.

Run:

cd /var/lib/mythtv && chmod g+w livetv recordings


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