[mythtv-users] Storage Permission Problems

Mark Pennock markitman2 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 19 21:37:06 UTC 2013


I have the mount point permissions set to mythtv for user and group. But
when the partition gets mounted it goes to the mystery user:group.


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

> > My backend died a week ago and I have been trying to get a new one up and
> > running. I think I have everything working only I can't write to the
> storage
> > directory.
> >
> > I am using mythbuntu 12.04 from a clean install.
> >
> > The problem is I can't figure out how to get my storage partition to
> mount
> > at boot time with the proper permissions. If I set it so it's user:group
> are
> > mythtv:mythtv are set in fstab booting hangs and asks if you want to
> skip or
> > fix the problem.
> >
> > I have spent the better part of half a day on this (I know this is bad)
> > googling and rebooting (good thing I'm using ssd) without success.
> >
> > Unfortunately since I was having so much trouble I tried using
> > a gui program "Storage Device Manager" which I think is called PySDM.
> This
> > worked but it set the partition to some weird user and group names  that
> I
> > can't recall now ( I am at work). Now, for the life of my, I can't figure
> > out how to prevent the drive from mount with this user:group. The
> following
> > are the pertinent lines for my fstab file. Now, I can't even boot my
> system
> > because I deleted my fstab file and rebooted thinking that it would get
> > replaced with a default one. I can really screw thins up!
> >
> > /dev/sdb1  /var/lib/mythtv/Recordings1  xfs   users,user           0  0
> > /dev/sdb2  /var/lib/mythtv/Recordings2  xfs   users,user           0  0
> > /dev/sdc1  /var/lib/mythtv/Videos1        xfs   users,user           0  0
> > /dev/sdc2  /var/lib/mythtv/Recordings3  xfs   users,user           0  0
> >
> > Could this be related to the fact that these folders directly mount
> > partitions? I don't see how this entry assigns the user:group I
> previously
> > mentioned.
> >
> > So, how do you mount a partition at boot with a non-root user:group
> > ownership? Sorry for the wordy email and if it isn't completely
> > understandable but I am getting desperate.
>
> Umm.. are you just mounting a local drive?   Then you just need to set
> the permissions on the mount point.
>
> Once it's mounted, you may need to reset ownership on the files with
> chown if your UID's and GID's are different than they were before.
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