[mythtv-users] SVN MythWeb and Video, cannot create video_covers symlink

[Mike LaPlante]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 06/02/2007 11:41 AM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
>   
>> From: "Michael T. Dean"
>>     
>>> On 06/01/2007 03:24 PM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On 06/01/2007 01:07 PM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Permissions look okay to me...
>>>>>> [root at myth data]# ls -lh
>>>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache   30 Jun  1 12:00 video_covers ->
>>>>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythVideo
>>>>>> [root at myth .mythtv]# ls -lh
>>>>>> drwxrwxr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4.0K Apr  3 13:02 MythVideo
>>>>>>             
>>>>> SymLinksIfOwnerMatch enabled?  If so, "chown -h mythtv video_covers". 
>>>>> And, remember that you'll have to create the link from now on.
>>>>>           
>>>> That option is not enabled, is it supposed to be?
>>>>         
>>> No, but if you did have it enabled, you'd get the results you're getting
>>> with the configuration you've shown.
>>>       
>> Sorry, maybe I'm missing what you are hinting at. I don't have that option enabled, yet I'm still seeing these results.
>>   
>>     
>
> I'm saying ignore what I said.  You verified that's not the cause.  It's
> something else, but I don't know what.
>
> Mike
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Recapping hoping someone might have a suggestion.

In short, if I delete my /var/www/html/mythweb/data/video_covers symlink 
each time I click a video related link in MythWeb then everything works. 
If I leave the link in place (the link that mythweb itself just created) 
it gives me this error ...

Could not create a symlink to /home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythVideo, the local
MythVideo artwork directory for this hostname
(myth.laplantefamily.net). Please create a symlink to your MythVideo
directory at data/video_covers in order to use the video artwork
portions of MythWeb.


I was glancing over the handler.php file in the mythweb folder, but my 
php skills are limited to pretty much Hello Word. :-/  But that file is 
the only file I see references to video_covers. This is obviously the 
the part where I'm getting stopped at...

// Create the symlink, if possible.
    else {
        $dir = setting('VideoArtworkDir', hostname);
        if ($dir) {
        // You can't symlink on windows
            if (strtoupper(substr(php_uname('s'), 0, 3)) != 'WIN') {
                $ret = @symlink($dir, 'data/video_covers');
                if (!$ret) {
                    custom_error("Could not create a symlink to $dir, the local MythVideo artwork"
                                .' directory for this hostname ('.hostname.').  Please create a'
                                .' symlink to your MythVideo directory at data/video_covers in order to'
                                .' use the video artwork portions of MythWeb.');
                }
            }
        }


Maybe that means something to someone.
It may be worth noting that my original install was Myth-20.1-fixes, I 
then upgraded to SVN. I know there were significant changes to MythWeb 
in SVN and I had to reconfigure it.  Also I notice in 
/var/www/html/mythweb/data/ there are symlinks to my music directory and 
stuff, all those seem to work which leads me to believe my apache is 
configured right in regards to symlinks.

Thanks
Mike