[mythtv-users] Scary permission problem

[Tim Draper]

 ---- On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 21:24:07 +0000 Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote ---- 
 > Hoi Tim, 
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 > Sunday, December 17, 2017, 8:30:13 PM, you wrote: 
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 > >  ---- On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 19:21:50 +0000 Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net> wrote ---- 
 >  >> Nope.  That didn't do it unfortunately.  It's a mystery.  almost like  
 >  >> it's sharing using SMB.   I don't see a reason to even use SMB sharing,  
 >  >> unless the backends need it. 
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 >  >> Lee 
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 > > afaik linux is same as windows; just because SMB allows it, doesnt 
 > > mean the file system allows it and vice versa. Also afaik mythtv 
 > > itself is unaware of SMB so assuming your content is local, then try disabling the smb service. 
 > > while it's personal preference and nothing wrong with hika's reply, 
 > > i prefer the octect style permissions; go with 'chmod 660 
 > > /path/to/videos' user&group will get RW, others will be no access. 
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 > You cannot use that with the -R switch as it will remove the x 
 > attribute on the directories making them inaccessible! 
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do you need execute on video files - i thought read would be enough?
i was always on the mindset that execute is for executable files and scripts. cant say i've explicitly tested it on video files but 80% sure i'm RW on my video dir.