[mythtv-users] NFS and Myth

[mythtv at blandford.net]

James Crow wrote:
> I recently added a new slave BE. The recording directory from the master
> BE is NFS shared to the slave. The same for the recording directories on
> the slave BE. The problem I have is that the mythtv user and group on
> the master BE and slave BE are not the same. When the master instructs
> the slave to transcode a recording the slave is unable to delete the
> original recording file. 
> 
> I can not be the first person to encounter this problem, how are other
> people handling this issue?
> 
> I could change the mythtv user and group id on one system to match the
> other, but I am not sure what other problems that may create.

That is exactly what you should do.

For NFS, the user ids and group ids should be in sync.  You an modify it 
on the slave BE to match the master.  I just use NIS for my user ids and 
group ids to keep them the same.

Michael