<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:40 AM Mike Perkins <<a href="mailto:mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk">mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>A quick note: If you add the mythtv user yourself, make sure it has a repeatable UID and GID, <br>
otherwise, should there be any new users added to your system(s) in future, you'll get drift and <br>
have to fix all the directories and files to point to the new values.<br>
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Ask me how I know! In practice I deliberately set mine to UID=1010 and GID=1010 just to keep them <br>
clear of future problems.<br>
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Mike Perkins<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the tip. I have noticed when I create a new version of Ubuntu with a fresh install of MythTV, I have to do a lot of chown commands when bringing over my recordings from an old system before restoring the mythconverg database.</div><div><br></div><div>So is UID 1010 and GID 1010 in a range that ubuntu will not use for its purposes?</div><div><br></div><div>Jim A</div><div> </div></div></div>