[mythtv-users] Storage directory

Tue Sep 6 11:46:43 UTC 2022

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 4:46 PM Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 12:37 AM Stephen Worthington <
> stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 3 Sep 2022 16:44:06 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> >Hi All.
>> >
>> >I am trying to setup a new backend.
>> >
>> >mythbuntu ver 31 on 22.04.
>> >I have everything going except one issue that I so not understand.
>> >
>> >I have a nas hooked up to this backend that I want to use for storage.
>> >The nas works as expected.  I can read and write to the folder I
>> specified
>> >for storage using user mythtv.  I  even changed its permission to 777 for
>> >testing.
>> >I enter mythtv-setup as user mythtv.  I set the default storage location
>> to
>> >the nas folder i made.
>> >I receive no errors when I exit mythtv-setup.
>> >However, mythtv fails to start a recording or live tv using that
>> >configuration.  I see no relevant error messages in mythbackend.log  No
>> >permission errors that I see
>> >
>> >If I create a symlink in /home/mythtv to the nas folder I created, and
>> use
>> >that symlink as storage under mythtv-setup, mythtv works fine.
>> >Mythtv also works fine using any other location on the local drive as
>> long
>> >as ithat folder has the correct permissions.
>> >
>> >Anyone have any idea why this would be happening?
>> >Does anyone see an issue if I use the symlink instead of the actual
>> folder
>> >on the nas?
>>
>> What sort of network connection are you using to the NAS?  The network
>> connections can have separate permissions settings from the settings
>> you see on the directories where they are mounted.
>>
>> Where are you mounting the NAS?  The permissions on the path to the
>> mount point also need to be checked, not just the mount point.  You
>> could try setting the mount point to under /home/mythtv.
>>
>> One basic check to do is to see if mythbackend is actually running as
>> the user you think it is:
>>
>> sudo ps -ef | grep mythbackend
>>
>> You should also check the logs for the network connection method you
>> are using for messages, and /var/log/syslog.
>>
>> It is a qnap nas ts-328 connected directly to my router with a static ip
> address
> I created a directory on it called Nasmedia.  It has read, write and
> execute privileges set for everyone.  Confirmed though the nas interface.
> The nfs is setup on the nas with read/write permission for everyone and
> no_root_squash
> I can read or write to that directory under any user from any computer on
> my network.
>
> On the backend running mythbackend i have fstab set like this.
>
> 192.168.1.222:/Nasmedia         /home/mythtv/qnap/      nfs defaults 0 0
>
> I do not know a great way to show folder permissions so I have done my
> best and pasted below
>
ls -al (path to directory) shows permissions

>
> kevin at MP67:/home/mythtv$ ls -la
> total 58088
> drwxr-x--- 10 mythtv mythtv     4096 Sep  4 12:07 .
> drwxr-xr-x  4 root   root       4096 Aug 21 17:18 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  5 mythtv mythtv     4096 Aug 28 19:21 .cache
> drwx------  6 mythtv mythtv     4096 Sep  3 11:49 .config
> drwxrwxr-x  2 mythtv mythtv     4096 Sep  4 11:42 livetv
> drwxrwxr-x  3 mythtv mythtv     4096 Aug 21 17:39 .local
> drwxr-xr-x  7 mythtv mythtv     4096 Sep  3 13:18 .mythtv
> drwxrwxrwx  6 mythtv mythtv     4096 Sep  4 10:01 qnap
> -rw-r--r--  1 mythtv mythtv 59432960 Sep  3 11:13 SD
> drwx------  3 mythtv mythtv     4096 Aug 28 19:21 snap
> -rw-------  1 mythtv mythtv      100 Sep  4 12:07 .Xauthority
> drwxrwxr-x  2 mythtv mythtv     4096 Sep  3 11:06 .xmltv
>
> kevin at MP67:/home/mythtv/qnap$ ls -la
> total 32
> drwxrwxrwx  6 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep  4 10:01 .
> drwxr-x--- 10 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep  4 12:07 ..
> drwxrwxrwx  4 kevin  kevin  4096 Aug 28 21:33 movies
> drwxrwxrwx  4 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep  4 10:59 mythtv
> drwxrwxrwx  2 root   root   4096 Aug 23 14:37 @Recycle
> drwxrwxrwx  2 root   root   4096 Aug 23 16:00 . at __thumb
>
> kevin at MP67:/home/mythtv/qnap/mythtv$ ls -la
> total 20
> drwxrwxrwx 4 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep  4 10:59 .
> drwxrwxrwx 6 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep  4 10:01 ..
> drwxrwxrwx 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep  4 11:06 livetv
> drwxrwxrwx 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep  4 12:15 storage
> User mythtv, or anyone for that matter can create directories or files
> anywhere along that path
>
> If i setup the storage groups to use /home/mythtv/qnap/mythtv/storage,
> live tv will fail
> If i setup the storage groups to use /home/mythtv/qnap/mythtv/livetv, live
> tv will fail
> If I setup the storage group to use /home/mythtv/livetv, live tv works.
> I can set the storage group to anything on the local drive and live tv
> works as long as I set the permissions correctly on the chosen folder.
>
> I can record programs while the storage is set to nas.  And playback works
> fine with the recorded programs.
> Its just live tv that fails.  It starts for about 2 seconds, then stops.
>
>
> I am okay with leaving it like this.  I am just trying to understand why
> its failing live tv.
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