[mythtv-users] [SOLVED] MythTV storage groups can't see 2nd hard drive

[Alex Tomlins]

On 05/06/12 18:28, JCF Junkmail wrote:
> David,
> Thanks for your reply.  You are spot on.  The permissions for /content (as opposed to the sub-folder) didn't include mythtv as user nor group.  I've changed this and now it is working! Thanks.
>
> Now I understand.  It seems MythTV developers expected me to give them the whole partition for exclusive MythTV use.  If I may say so, this aspect is not very well documented, really.  I know I can still put other stuff there. However, I don't feel comfortable giving permission to mythtv to access my other content. I know there are parameters for making sure some space is always left unused; and chances are the software will behave well and all, but it just feels wrong.  I will have to rethink my partition strategy accordingly.  Thanks for the enlightenment.
>
> PS: Thanks Mike<mtdean>  for you reply as well.  I didn't get to check the backend log yet as David's suggestion did the trick already. Cheers.
>
I don't think that's 100% accurate. All myth needs is the relevant 
permissions to be able to write to the directory specified in the 
storage group.  This means that the user running mythbackend (typically 
mythtv) needs write permissions on the specified directory, and at least 
execute permissions on all the parent directories.

I didn't see the permissions for your content directory, but I guess 
they didn't have the necessary permissions for the mythtv user to cd 
into the directory (i.e. execute permissions).

It shouldn't be necessary to dedicate the whole partition to mythtv.

thanks,
Alex

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